A disappointing place to work - Specialist NCARB Employee Review

1.0
26 May 2025
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Decent benefits, work itself is nice, dedicated staff, clean office, and metro accessible.

Cons

NCARB has become a toxic workplace. Leaders are fragile and performative. They are like politicians. Big disconnect between senior leaders and staff. If you want to work at a place where there is a shared sense of community and staff are respected and valued, look elsewhere. Department leaders don’t work well together and you can tell they are barely ever on the same page. The morale in this place is terrible. I’ve been here for years, but if I could do it all over again, I’d think again.

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Pros

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Cons

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2.0
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Pros

Good certification program for architects

Cons

NCARB Certification Reactivation: OK to pay the $305 reactivation fee, but forcing to pay who knows how many past years' fees for the inactive time? That's EXTORSION!!! NCARB forces architects to stay and pay the already pricey $293 annual renewal fee (starting August 1, 2025). The engineers' counterpart, NCEES, does not even charge a penny to maintain certifications. Engineers don't need to renew, since there are not renewals nor renewal fees! Instead, NCEES only charges when engineers transmit their records to other licensing boards, and those fees are quite reasonable.

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