You get what you put into it - Designer 1 - Interiors Ballinger Employee Review

5.0
2 Apr 2025
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

If you show a genuine interest in your career and improving the firm, you will get rewarded and supported in your endeavors. People support work/life balance as much as an architecture firm reasonably can. Very flexible work from home policy and a strong commitment from management to reduce meetings on Fridays.

Cons

Get comfortable with whatever assignment you're given on day one because you will likely be working on only that project for YEARS. When there's work, there is a LOT OF WORK; when it's slow, it's really slow. Information struggles to trickle down to lower-level employees.

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5.0
17 May 2026
Recommend
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Pros

friendly and approachable, self-leading, fun manager

Cons

Can be disorganized, questionable feedback cycle

3.0
11 Jun 2026
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Free fruit and coffee, staff is friendly

Cons

Not as progressive as other big firms, terrible maternity/paternity when i was there. They laid off a bunch of people including a wellness person then kept ordering the ugliest flower arrangements you've ever seen that probably cost hundreds of dollars. Very very few people of color and they do not want to hear the complaint of junior staff.

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