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      4.1

      86% would recommend to a friend

      (334 total reviews)
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      Brad Lukanic, AIA

      94% approve of CEO

      79% positive business outlook

      Ratings by demographic groups

      CannonDesign has an employee rating of 4.1 out of 5 stars, based on 334 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an excellent working experience there. The CannonDesign employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Construction, Repair & Maintenance Services industry (3.7 stars).

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      334 reviews
      1.0
      May 19, 2018

      Still bad taste in my mouth after working here.

      Arch 1b
      Recommend
      CEO approval
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      Pros

      I experienced a very small amount of great coworkers but they did exist.

      Cons

      Where do I start? Pay sucks, upper management lies directly to your face about decisions that effect your career, overall you aren't going anywhere in this company. They may give you a title change after 10+ years working there but any level of management was all hired from the outside. I interned for this company for 3 years and when I came on full time I was treated like an intern until I had to quit. It was such a waste of time thinking that effort and loyalty meant something.

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      CannonDesign Response
      8y
      Thanks for taking the time to leave this review, and we are extremely sorry to hear your experience working at CannonDesign wasn’t fulfilling. It’s difficult responding to your situation without more context, but please know that we are wholly committed to each and every one of our employees. We’re sorry you didn’t see that side of our company and we hope your new employer provides opportunities for you to be successful. One point we do want to clarify is that all employees benefit from our firm’s financial success. We are an employee-owned company and our employees reap the benefits of our performance — both with competitive pay and with bonuses. Thanks for sharing your talents with our firm and our clients. Best of luck in your future endeavors!
      1.0
      Jul 4, 2022

      Poor culture, work life balance

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
      CEO approval
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      Pros

      Able to work remote pretty much anywhere with ease. Easy to collaborate.

      Cons

      Awful work life balance. Work comes home often, the option to work remote means people think and act like you are available 24/7. The behavior is not corrected, management let staff walk all over everyone else and don’t help resolve conflicts. Things are thrown on you last minute. The New York City office need a serious staff and management overhaul, but other offices seem better when collaboration is needed. Project leads don’t consider the time and space of others. PTO accrual is a joke, no sick days or personal days. No annual PTO increases. Verbal harassment by colleagues barely gets addressed by management.

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      CannonDesign Response
      3y
      Thank you for sharing your feedback. This is troubling to read, but it’s important for us to hear when we’re falling short. Please know our leadership team is taking your feedback seriously. As the leader of the NYC office, my job above all else is to foster a work environment where our people flourish. If that’s not happening for any reason, I want to address these issues immediately. This is the first I’m hearing about your experience. I encourage you to reach out to me or our local HR representative so we can discuss. The details of the conversation will only be shared on a need-to-know basis, and it will give me the information I need to directly address these issues. We have a strict non-retaliation policy in place, but if you’d rather not discuss in person, you can provide more details using our anonymous ethics hotline: www.reportlineweb.com/cannondesign I won’t defend any of the behaviors you mention in your post, and I do want to say this: work/life balance and well-being are important parts of our culture, and verbal harassment is not tolerated. I’ll continue to make these commitments and expectations clear to everyone in our office. Regarding PTO, the amount depends on a few factors, including the employee level and years of service with the firm. PTO increases as these factors increase over the years. The lowest amount we offer is 15 PTO days and the highest is 30. We also have 9 paid holidays throughout the year, and several flexible work options. I hope you reach out so we can talk about these issues. I want to turn your experience around. -Rich Kahn, NYC Office Leader
      3.0
      Nov 30, 2018

      Some good, some bad

      Mechanical engineer
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Some of the people you work with create a great environment The projects can be interesting, and always provide different challenges There are a wide variety of projects to work on Better work/life than many other AE firms Salaries tend to be a bit higher than industry averages

      Cons

      For an integrated firm, coordination is a real struggle Hierarchy is unclear. There are a lot of "VP of _____" and it isn't clear who reports to whom. This results in direction coming from many different people at once. They take a lot of pride in training through the "Cannon Academy" but it is mostly geared towards ARE exams, and not in-depth training. Senior leadership tends to be absent a lot, which would be fine, except when they are away, they want you to make decisions and keep projects moving, but when they have time to look at a project, they tend to demand changes (even if those decisions were made early on in the project.) Tend to focus on the "initiative of the week" what we're supposed to focus on tends to change regularly PTO and holidays are less than typical in the industry

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      CannonDesign Response
      7y
      We appreciate you taking the time to leave a review. We’re always striving to improve life at CannonDesign, and we take feedback like yours very seriously. Some of the challenges you’ve identified are important issues we hope you feel comfortable bringing up with your supervisor. Sometimes just having a conversation about these issues provides the clarity that may seem to be missing. Thank you for contributing your talents to CannonDesign. We’re lucky to have you on our engineering team!
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