Not many positives working for Creative Design (Atkins internal design agency)
Pros
The team you work directly with will be great.
Cons
- Majority of work will be PowerPoints - Little creative work - Very corporate - Have to be 100% productive as have timesheets to book in an archaic system - Too many meetings, little time to actually get productive work done - If any family emergencies, expected to make time up due to timesheet or asked what you are going to book that time too - Everyone is overworked and overstretched, an unhappy workforce with many people leaving. Not considerate the toll this has on people's mental well-being. - Never have downtime to learn new things or train - No suggestions are listened to - Salaries are low compared to market - People are randomly promoted and most the time it is based off favoritism and not hard work - Not flexible, even when working from home you have to ask if it's okay where you work even if you're still in the UK - 40 hour week and no flexi time when rest of Atkins is incredibly flexible (8-4 instead of 9-6)
