Great opportunity, but is it worth it? - Internship NBBJ Employee Review

3.0
Jun 12, 2008
Recommend
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Pros

The best reasons to work there are the opportunities to work on larger projects that would otherwise have been out of your reach. The pay is pretty good and the firm usually has get togethers involving food and drinks. If you shmooze with the right people, leveling up to more responsibilties is pretty easy. Most of administration is really nice and you usualy find yourself talking to them rather than working because its more interesting. The facilities are pretty modern, they just upgraded their office (10/07) to a new building and got a lot of new equipment. The facility is also located in a pretty respectable area.

Cons

Some of the downsides are longer hours, I was usually working 9am-7:30/8:00pm hour days. There would be people there longer than that, but I think they were just trying to get boring stuff done. Although much of the design is exciting, it is still very corporate. At some smaller more popular firms, you get a chance to do something revolutionary, while here it may be your first time doing a shopping mall, or a hospital, but they still follow the rules and do everything by the book in regards to the design process. Some employees are also difficult to deal with.

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5.0
Jun 4, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Super flexible and great coworkers

Cons

No real cons. Maybe wished it was more hybrid

1.0
Jun 16, 2026
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Recommend
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Pros

healthcare benefit, good office location

Cons

Bonus points if you're white and can fit into the small inner circle (iykyk). If not, you may find yourself constantly reminded that you don’t really belong. There is a very obvious double standard around flexibility and trust. Certain people seem to be allowed to do whatever they want, while others get questioned for the same behavior and suddenly need to have a “conversation with the manager.” Openly talking negatively about coworkers and consultants is also treated as normal. There is a lot of casual criticism, gossip, and dismissive commentary, which makes the environment feel unnecessarily tense and unprofessional. The micromanagement is also exhausting, especially from managers who are too busy to know what you are actually working on. Instead of feeling trusted to do your job, you end up spending a lot of energy managing perception. Also, 4 days in the office is intense; sometimes people just need quiet time to focus. Although if you're one of the favorites, that can be negotiable.

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