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Good work - Bad hours - Industrial Designer New Deal Design Employee Review

3.0
18 Aug 2016
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Pros

Many talented designers, great team to work with and unique culture. If you land a gig here you'll grow fast and have a lot on your plate. Projects aremore diverse and better than previous jobs I've worked at. They do a LOT of work here. Good access to tools and resources, lots of hands-on modeling and and sketching, you won't find Cintiqs here. Bonuses are distributed often and the pay ladder is steep if you stay on.

Cons

Hours. Say goodbye to your social life. Project deadlines always seemed needlessly rushed and crazy. There's definitely some politicking to be done here if you want your creative work taken note of. Management often cites "focus" and "efficiency" as the cause for late nights -- but project needs change by the hour and end-of-day last-second meetings and reviews get in the way of a singular goal. Often times projects are simply over-worked. Communication could be better among all teams, and tempers can flare during disagreements. Everyone here needs to relax a little bit, it's design. Pay is on par with most firms (so yes, LOW) but the so called "40 hour week" listed in the employee handbook is really closer to 50-60 depending on the season. Sometimes this place gets too insulated and designery.

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5.0
18 Jan 2026
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Pros

A tightly-knit talented group of designers that are all giving 110%, I can't think of a better place to cut your teeth in the design industry. The way it's structured it's easy for anybody to contribute to a project, concept, or strategy, regardless of their position or seniority.

Cons

Project timelines can be tight which constrains the amount of work you can put into a project, but on the plus side this means every month or two you've got a whole new design challenge to work through.

4.0
21 Jan 2026
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Pros

The current team of designers and engineers are something I haven't seen in my decade of working in design. It's something special that I appreciate so much that I had to write a review. Magic has happened over the last year to bring this team together, and I am so happy to get to be a part of it.

Cons

The agency design world is fast and tough, and as hard as we all work to not get crushed at the end of every project we still end up putting in the long grueling hours.

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