CannonDesign reviews

Top heavy with missaligned goals and objectives. Company is not sure how to proceed with the new brand and in the new architectural climate. No transparency: culture of indirect communication.

1. The company is very, very top-heavy, with a large contingent of management higher-ups, all pulling 6 figures. For each success there is a stampede to claim credit, but failure is always an orphan. With high overhead this company seems to simply price itself out of most open competitions. 2. The company employs way too many "blue sky thinkers" who have the job of debating "the future of design" amongst themselves, posting interesting articles that they have read on the intranet, flying across the country or to Europe (how very green) to give talks at seminars, making videos of themselves discussing the company's "design philosophy", and hosting cocktail receptions, all done on the company dime. Useless. 3. The company is extremely stingy with raises and bonuses for production staff. Several years will pass between salary reviews. Also, don't expect the company's supposed 401k match to actually happen. And when the inevitable layoffs come guess who will be shown out the door? 4. The HR/Payroll staff is substandard, and is not held accountable for their errors and misinformation.