Pros
High end projects, cool office
Cons
The company is all smoke and mirrors. Brigette is manipulative and treats everyone terribly—employees, vendors, movers—literally everyone except her clients (to their faces at least). She never shows up to work and is completely unreachable by phone, but micromanages every little detail, making it nearly impossible to get work done. This results in massive setbacks on projects, and design presentations are always rushed and thrown together in the eleventh hour, right before client meetings. She cancels so many client meetings because she is "sick" aka unprepared. Many client are very frustrated with the level of service provided and fully aware they're being bamboozled but by the time they realize this they've already invested so much money into their projects that they have no choice but to finish the project. She tries to sweet talk and gaslight clients but they see through it and then complain about her to her employees. It's awkward. She doesn't know how to read a floor plan. Her management style is erratic—she's hot and cold, making the work environment toxic. She doesn't want any of her employees to be friends with each other yet most of us trauma bonded and became friends. The place is a revolving door. It's not collaborative which is ironic for a design studio. You're always walking on eggshells. The mental health impact of this job was horrendous. Everyone is so unhappy. When she doesn't like an employee, she goes out of her way to be cruel to them while being especially warm and friendly to other employees right in front of them. It's like a sick game to make people feel bad for no reason when meanwhile, everyone is trying their absolute hardest to do the best job possible. She presents herself on social media as kind, outgoing, generous, etc. but behind the scenes she couldn't be further from that projection. Like I said, it's all smoke and mirrors. It's actually really sad because I've seen glimpses of kindness from her, but her narcissism and need for control and manipulation always takes over. It's the worst job I've ever had. I could write so much more, this review doesn't even skim the surface but I'd be here for days. Oh and for the record, I know for a fact that the only two positive reviews on this page were written by her old assistant at her request.
