Compass Design reviews

2.2

8% would recommend to a friend

(11 total reviews)
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Robert Reffkin

23% approve of CEO

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2.0
Nov 14, 2025

Downhill Fast

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Pros

Pre-PIO salaries were competitive along with great benefits and a collaborative and exciting environment. - Gym stipends - Education budgets - Frequent team events and social events. - Great work/life balance - Great healtchare - Great managers and talented team members

Cons

Post-IPO: -Healthcare went from fully covered to paid monthly, with increasing costs year by year -No real raises beyond 1-2% even if high-achieving or promoted - Bonuses are all equity grants, no cash bonuses -Employees within a 45 minute commute to a 'hub' office are required to be in-office five days a week. If you don't live close to one, you are fully remote. -Drastic staffing cuts have deteriorated morale and work/life balance. Teams are slow to hire and turnover is high. -Zero top-level interest or focus on employees. -Zero budgets for even quarterly team-building events. -Zero creative budgets

4.0
Jul 23, 2024

Great team!

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Pros

Robust creative team— there's always someone to bounce ideas off. Decent benefits & salary— although these were cut/reduced during my time there. Creative freedom— higher than expected for a corporate in-house role. Day-to-day work has a lot of redundancy and tediousness, but you are given many opportunities to work on bigger, meaningful projects as well.

Cons

Shaky work culture— lots of layoffs and high turnover

2.0
Aug 9, 2023

Heavy Burnout & No Benefits

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Pros

Company was great before it went public in 2021.

Cons

Once the company went public, any and all benefits that made the company worthwhile to be an employee flew out the window for the sake of stakeholders. There are no advancements at this company no matter the amount of work that was put in. There is little to no care for the employees and is flooded with fake positivity. Diversity level is 0.

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