Smart people aren't being used to their potential because leadership is focusing on sales - Senior Service Designer Steampunk Employee Review

2.0
3 Feb 2022
Recommend
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Pros

- Worked with some very talented, smart people, especially at the delivery level and leads - Design leadership is good and is a strong advocate for designers - Salary is good - Opportunity to create new ways of doing things and pursue your own pet projects internally (albeit beyond your 40 hour billable work) - Work life balance is pretty good, no insane workloads

Cons

- Zero consideration for diversity (everything is very bro-centric) - Use design as a selling tool, but projects don't usually call for design work - Culture is about what can be posted on social media, not really about rewarding employees with tangible benefits (unless what you really want is a lot of t-shirts and swag) - Parental leave policies are laughable (2 weeks), and no paid sick leave (comes out of PTO) - Corporate doesn't really communicate anything - if you want to know anything beyond your own project, you have to know who to ask - Merit rewards aren't reflective of how leadership says they are growing/performing

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5.0
9 Mar 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Steampunk seems to put a major emphasis on hiring good people, and good work stems in part from that philosophy. The company culture is very supportive and inclusive, and remote work helps with the flexibility that life requires.

Cons

The only con I can think of is that you only get 2 weeks of PTO plus federal holidays, which goes fast.

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3.0
9 Apr 2026
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

The company itself is decent, with reasonable benefits and some good people. Work-life balance is generally acceptable.

Cons

Project Management is terrible. The PM lacks honesty when communicating with customers about deliverables and timelines. They frequently overpromise and underdeliver. The PM does not shield or support the team properly and often misrepresents reality both to the client and internally. There is a strong preference for a completely flat organizational structure, regardless of years of experience or expertise. This leads to poor decision-making and frustration for senior team members. The account team is noticeably very female-biased. Male employees often feel sidelined or undervalued in account-related decisions and opportunities.

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