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Updated Aug 5, 2022
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Top Review Highlights by Sentiment
- "Offers designers a great culture and the chance to work on interesting challenges in a range of industries." (in 39 reviews)
- "Client management and communications is hard, especially as an intern, not knowing how having experience in it." (in 5 reviews)
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- Current Employee★★★★★
Pros
* Exceptional talent * Work that is meaningful and/or fun * Power-sharing across all levels * An organization intent on becoming ever more equitable, sustainable & just
Cons
* Growing pains * Pay * Somewhat stagnant leadership
Continue reading - Current Employee, more than 5 years★★★★★
Pros
IDEO is a great company to work for. It cares for its people and will do its best to support them. It has an inclusive culture where people have the autonomy to work on great projects across the global network.
Cons
Like all companies, it falls down from time to time. However, thanks to its caring and reactive workforce a lot of grassroots teams work endlessly to make change for all and for the good. The leadership teams support this.
Continue reading - Current Employee★★★★★
Pros
Great company for growth now
Cons
Pay is less than expected
- Former Employee, more than 3 years★★★★★
Pros
A buffet for creativity, easy to get overwhelmed by it.
Cons
Highly competitive environment, hard to access the project that you want to be part of.
- Current Employee★★★★★
Pros
You will find friends for life here. It's a very humane place to work. The clients and projects IDEO takes on are always engaging and challenging. The business really tries to stay true to purpose as a sustainable, inclusive organization. Some of the work has real social impact in the world and the client set tend to be those who want to be more creative in how the solve problems. The value system is strong. Succeeding means making others successful, and you'll feel that from others. I've loved working here.
Cons
The org can feel chaotic and unstructured and your career journey can feel like under-managed. You'll have to take a lot of initiative and have the confidence to reach out when you need help. Many have felt it's not the most inclusive environment for BIPOC and the way you advance has traditionally been by building strong relationships, which is by nature exclusionary.
Continue reading - Former Employee, more than 10 years★★★★★
Pros
Challenging, inspiring, fulfilling place to work with whip smart people,
Cons
High expectations - as they should be
Continue reading - Former Employee, more than 8 years★★★★★
Pros
Culture was world class. Great learning platform. Loved its mission.
Cons
Focus on data and analytics.
- Current Employee, more than 3 years★★★★★
Pros
People, willingness to change, DEI efforts
Cons
Pay, work/life balance, lack of diversity in senior leadership
- Former Employee, more than 8 years★★★★★
Pros
Great people Challenging work Flexible work/life balance
Cons
Mid-level leadership Nepotism Less open-minded than they claim to be Vague career path
- Current Employee★★★★★
Pros
You get to work with so many talented designers from different industries/crafts. People are generally goodhearted people. Work/life balance is pretty good.
Cons
definitely less competitive salary compared to other tech companies, and given the size of the company.
IDEO Reviews FAQs
IDEO has an overall rating of 4.0 out of 5, based on over 275 reviews left anonymously by employees. 83% of employees would recommend working at IDEO to a friend and 62% have a positive outlook for the business. This rating has improved by 2% over the last 12 months.
83% of IDEO employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews. Employees also rated IDEO 3.7 out of 5 for work life balance, 4.1 for culture and values and 3.7 for career opportunities.
According to reviews on Glassdoor, employees commonly mention the pros of working at IDEO to be benefits, culture, coworkers and the cons to be diversity and inclusion, career development, senior leadership.
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