A creative black hole - Graphic Designer Uniqlo Employee Review

One of the worst companies a designer/creative could ever work for. For a company that is supposed to value creativity and innovation, UNIQLO is a creative black hole. Your day-to-day will include doing the work of higher ups who get paid to do nothing, and supporting stores who have incompetent design teams and overreaching marketing teams. This is a company that pads the pockets of people whose jobs are merely titles. They hire and promote some of the worst creatives while letting go of truly talented people who dare to question complacent higher ups with no creative vision. You are expected to work ridiculously long hours even though you may not realistically have much to do. There is NO work/life balance. HR and management police your every move and track every hour. The creative output is terrible and your portfolio and creativity will suffer the longer you are here. UNIQLO imports it’s outdated Japanese work ethic oversees to its global offices, expect to be talked down to by older non-creatives who lack vision and hold outdated views. If you are a woman, expect to be paid 70% less than your male peers and experience sexism when interacting with your Japanese colleagues. The company is constantly speaking about change and making the world a better place while the work they produce stays the same and just gets worse and worse.