Solid Company, Great Culture - Anonymous employee EQ Works Employee Review

5.0
24 Aug 2016
Anonymous employee
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Pros

EQ Works has done an excellent job of creating an open and creative environment for all employees! Not only are they developing training programs for new employees, but the management's focus has shifted towards a more 'hands on' approach in leading the team. Overall, EQ is a great company with plenty of opportunity for growth.

Cons

In the past, management has been criticized for displaying a lack of leadership and direction towards some employees. This is something that needs to be an ongoing priority for the team.

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2.0
22 Aug 2024
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Pros

The remote work style is very flexible. There was no "micro-managing", and a lot of freedom when it came to work methodology. The only thing that mattered was set deadlines.

Cons

Product was never a priority at the company. We were constantly being asked to complete jobs outside of our scope (many graphic design tasks for advertising, helping sales teams with pitch decks, and even translating copy for ads.) and were always given short deadlines to complete huge tasks. We were rarely allocated time or resources towards user testing (no matter how much we advocated for it), and critique on our work usually boiled down to managements personal tastes on the aesthetics, and not the functionality or user-friendliness of the design itself. I would have to debate color choices for entireties of meetings, rather than highlighting the architectural or interface changes made to improve UX. Even worse, the whole product flow had a "develop first" mentality. This meant we wouldn't test or prototype ideas, just send them off to the dev team for development, and then receive client feedback on a "finished" product, which obviously wasted time and resources. The whole "product" method at EQ was backwards, and was simply never prioritized or valued by management. They have since dissolved product all together, which is honestly not the worst idea given how broken their methods were. It was a draining experience with the work itself where I constantly felt undervalued.

5.0
7 Nov 2024
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Pros

Work Life Balance, caring Leadership

Cons

Low Salary, too much politics.

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