IA Interior Architects reviews

They are fundamentally bad at business. They rely almost entirely on one single client. Each office runs like it's own business, which doesn't take advantage of the size that the firm is. There is little to no cross collaboration between locations. The management in Seattle does not do much to win new business, which is a recipe for bad outcomes. There is no vision. But still they are very corporate. It is as if they've embraced all the bad parts of being a large organization and rejected the biggest advantages. Ultimately, the only thing they care about is your billable hours. You will be expendable. One example from my time there was that a person moved to Seattle from Alaska, and within one month of that person's start there were layoffs, including them. One would have to ask why a company would hire anyone if they were about to layoff 20% of the office... they don't know what they are doing. They like to promote that they are employee owned, but in order to benefit from that you have to work there for 5 years. The vast majority don't last longer than 2. The culture rewards people who are not trustworthy. The leadership, particularly in Seattle, lie to staff often. Do yourself a favor and do not apply, and do not consider working here. You have been warned.

*Toxic work environment. *Miserable creative director, which goes hand in hand with the spineless managing principal and project manager. * Junior designers are not treated the same. Some juniors have it easier. He or she might be shown how to do things at a slower pace. It’s more of a hand holding experience. He or she is protected. (Pray that you are on the protective team and not the other). * You definitely need to have a strong sense of self and know who you are in order to work here. *12-14 hour days are common they are always understaffed, but they don’t want you to put in the hours for overtime. Of course they don’t tell you that, but you will get the message loud and clear. * They set you up for failure when they want to get rid of you by giving you impossible tasks or just dumping a lot of work that you couldn’t possibly finish on your own. * What they pay is not enough for what you have to endure mentally. Do not work here, you will waste precious time on rude, ungrateful, management that could care less about you.