Incompetence Reigns Supreme - Senior Designer LandDesign Employee Review

1.0
Jan 11, 2025
Recommend
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Pros

Cool offices & flashy website attracts good talent - but that’s all there’s to it - a good façade.

Cons

There is minimal to no business acumen at the leadership level, resulting in repeated rounds of layoffs caused by excessive overhead spending and poorly conceived initiatives driven by an unproven marketing team. The marketing group has gained an unprecedented level of control over certain aspects of business operations, which is uncommon in design firms. Compensation is below market across all levels.

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5.0
Apr 13, 2025
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Pros

Great talent, leadership and potential to grow in the DFW market.

Cons

With the potential for growth in the DFW market, and so many areas to grow, staying focused on or two markets is tough.

3.0
Jul 16, 2025
Recommend
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Pros

Pay and benefits are decent. Hours are not outrageous, most weeks are just under 45 hours. Decent starter job, but most people with 3-5 years experience will leave for better opportunities.

Cons

No sick time and the PTO isn't great. Lack of diversity in leadership, holidays (no MLK day or Juneteenth off), or thinking (there is a "LandDesign" way of doing things, going outside that or questioning the established way of doing work is frowned upon). Getting pigeon-holed into one type of project or task is very common in my experience. Talk of "long hallways" but no actual cohesion between offices. A lot of playing into the games, fighting for popularity in order to get good projects and move up in the firm. Depending on the office/studio, projects can be pretty lackluster.

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