Speck Design reviews

In any company, the cultural drive to create the best designs possible comes from the top down and Speck’s CEO/Owner does not have the experience or genuine desire to do the work it takes. It’s all about the bottom line and selling the company. Your passion for design will be drained until there is only a husk. Many promises for benefits like matching 401K are “offered” but there is little follow through or consistency. Turnover has significant effects on culture and maintaining internal processes. You are “required” to meet a 40 hour billable week which is difficult when you end up with 8-12 hours of internal meetings a week.

The engineers and designers (ID) were great, but the management sucked. The one ME manager I dealt with was a data-hog who didn't know how to share and was eventually removed like a tumor on the company, sucking the fun of the company. But what can you say about a CEO who actually seeks guidance from a psychic (seriously!). It tends to shake your confidence in how she leads the company.