A Small Company with Unrealistic Goals
Pros
My coworkers are a diverse group of people with technical backgrounds. The CEO is a good person but the upper management under him will destroy all his hard work.
Cons
Management, it's that simple. Upper management does not accept the fact that GAI is a small employee owned company and act like this is AECOM or HDR, etc.There is a constant emphasis on growth instead of strengthening the company as is. With that said, there have been so many layoffs that the proof is in the pudding. Upper management does not respect the employees or the clients that make them money, yet they expect GAI to grow. The middle management is also set up like a large company. There are so many managers that do nothing except milk the budget and then the highly skilled staff gets the axe. At this rate there will be lots of unskilled managers with no designers and therefore GAI will continue to sink because all the skilled employees will be working for the competition. Shame on you for your giant egos. Management continues wasting money on new offices instead of broadening their potential clients and working with realistic goals. Once again this is a SMALL company.