Awful firm to do placement year in - Part I Architectural Assistant Leach Rhodes Walker Architects Employee Review

Good location of offices in the city by train station. Good range of hotel schemes to work on.

Design scope limited sometimes, due to restrictions in management no room to move up in company.

Supportive colleagues so there was a good team culture at staff level only and made good friends.

Fear mongering mindset of senior leadership who lack trust in their employees. They threatened 'we'll make you come to the office everyday if deadlines are not met' - so high school mate! Very micromanagerial and narrow minded. No support or care given to employee growth or development. My review was supposed to happen at 3 months — it didn’t. Then at 6 months — it didn’t. Before reaching 1 year they made redundant so it’s only a week’s notice on contracts. Absolutely brutal redundancy process — comes without warning. No transparency, no prior performance discussion, no structured feedback before termination. You feel watched and not free to really express your concerns as they are. There is a culture of control rather than collaboration which makes you anxious and on edge all the time.