Dinosaur Designs Reviews

2.1

22% would recommend to a friend

(25 total reviews)
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Louise Olsen and Stephen Ormandy

36% approve of CEO

22% positive business outlook

Dinosaur Designs has an employee rating of 2.1 out of 5 stars, based on 25 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an average working experience there. The Dinosaur Designs employee rating is 41% below average for employers within the Retail and wholesale industry (3.5 stars).

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25 reviews
1.0
12 Aug 2023
Recommend
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Pros

It used to be a wonderful team of creatives who all had amazing and inspiring side hobbies, the team is what made this place bearable during the 15 minute break and 30 minute lunch. Despite it all, I did enjoy listening to podcasts and audiobooks all day while working.

Cons

High turnover of staff, most people quit quite quickly. Really tough work conditions for minimum wage, very low moral for all employees. The company tends to take advantage of and churn out young creative graduates. I (and many longer term employees) developed permanent nerve issues and RSI's from the relentless production and use of their (often dodgy) equipment. If you develop RSI, they send you to a doctor who tells you you can't work anymore and they they stop giving you shifts. Everybody is micromanaged. It's freezing in winter, daily getting showered with cold water from the sanding machines and boiling hot in summer. Tiny rooms filled with resin and dust. If you speak up and complain about the conditions, you tend to lose your job. Very little room in the company for career growth. There really needs to be some sort of coordination for the production employees to unionise and improve their rights, working conditions and higher wages.

1.0
4 Feb 2025
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

You can listen to music :)

Cons

Worked like a dog. Sanding department has no aircon or airflow leaving you sweating all day in horrible conditions. Cancerous micro plastics flying into your lungs and eyes :) Also pay is awful and they removed overtime.

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Dinosaur Designs Response
1y
Hi .......? Our team is not exposed to cancerous chemicals. All MSDS are available for you and everyone knows I'm available to discuss any concerns. This review is like you googled an illness and skipped to the last line. Making our designs involves teaching you unique workshop skills. We run a rigorous health and safety program with all PPE supplied with training. All workshops are air quality tested by an external hygienist who recommend appropriate PPE. Workshops are vented by fan systems or dust collection system to avoid smell and dust build up. We have aircon and heating in 3 workshops. We offer a paid work day with an initial instruction video so you see if it's for you. If you are applying to work in our studio you have the opportunity to experience how an artisan based company works, and we encourage people who are working on or planing their own business, that's a plus in the interview, in fact we love that you have ambition to be like us, still going after 40 years. Come and join our production team, Stephen Ormandy
2.0
7 Feb 2024

Felt exploited

Recommend
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Pros

Nice people in the team, but even so high turnover

Cons

Salary reduced during Covid despite record sales, no support from upper management, paid at a lower wage than hospitality, they expect a very high level of artistic attention and finesse yet pay you at the absolute minimum that they can, despite single pieces selling for hundreds of dollars.

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Dinosaur Designs Response
1y
Hi ...? We didn't reduce any salaries during covid. It was an exceptional time for everyone. If the wage was better in hospitality why didn't you work there? Oh that's right, hospitality was closed but we maintained our teams including all our retail team from our 9 closed stores including New York and London. Stephen Ormandy
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