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The quotations below represent the opinions of respondents to the firm survey. These individuals are unrelated to InsideArch. Their opinions are based on their individual experiences and in no way reflect or represent the views of InsideArch or its employees. Other opinions, including contrary opinions, may exist."Good employer and skilled at what they do but they are a niche firm that won't give you a broad design experience."
"People here care about the buildings they design and the clients that they work for."
"Primarily the work is K-12 education with a small amount of religious work. They take this work very very seriously from a planning and serving the client perspective. Sometimes this costs on aesthetic design as well as the general tight budgets on school projects."
"All employees take great pride in designing the best possible educational and worship buildings."
"There in energy amongst the architects."
"The partners seem to pay more lip service to interns than actually being pro-active in giving interns opportunities to grow."
"When things are busy an intern might need to speak up to get noticed but all the architects are more than willing to give interns all the opportunity they ask for."
"As one of the oldest firms in the state they are very serious about developing good leaders to continue their success."
"There are some very talented people there that anyone could learn a lot from. Unfortunately there are some employees that are lazy and unproductive. Your team could be either A-game or running on empty."
"The employees are hard workers and take their work seriously."
"All people here are top notch."
"It's just a job to many people and the excitement of being an architect really isn't prevalent at all."
"I like to use the term corporate. Very straight laced and people get their work done without much goofing around. The average age of the employees is OLD and this doesn't help make it a lively place but work generally gets accomplished at almost warp speed."
"Has a definite 'office space' feel at times but people are happy and not having personal breakdowns."
"There is a great collective collaboration between the architects, engineers, landscape architects & interior designers that makes it feel as if you are hardly working."
"We have outdated computers, management won't buy a new digital camera to replace a broken one, 3D digital design is shunned and perks have become non-existent. I feel like I'm working in the stone ages."
"Management has done well with one type of client but hasn't been effective at all in expanding the role of the firm. They have also become disconnected from their employees to a point where there is a fair amount of apathy in the masses."
"Management is great."
"There are good and bad apples in management."
"Don't expect to sit on an Aeron chair here. Management would rather have their profit sharing."
Key Questions
(Scale: 1-5)
A majority of the people polled agreed that the multiple choice statements below, taken from the firm survey, best described their opinions of the firm. These survey results are based on the experiences of individuals unrelated to InsideArch and in no way reflect or represent the views of InsideArch or its employees. All responses, which are selected by multiple choice from a list of possible responses, represent
the opinions of the respondents. Other opinions, including contrary opinions, may exist.
Does the firm have a strong unifying design philosophy?
4 Moderately
How is the firm doing financially?
3 We're doing okay, but don't expect any frills or bonuses.
How important to the firm is pursuing a social agenda?
3 We like doing green projects, but aren't going to push an agenda onto our clients.
How would you rate the overall design quality of the firm's work?
4 Moderate
What level commitment do you feel your firm exhibits toward a quality internship?
3 Fair
Rate the overall quality of the learning opportunity
4 Moderate
Would you recommend this firm to potential employees or interns?
4 Strongly recommend if you need to learn what they have to teach.
How would you rate the overall design creativity and technical skill of the architectural staff at this firm.
4 Maybe not the starting line-up, but definitely major-league players
How would you rate the overall employee satisfaction at the firm?
4 Moderate
The general attitude at this firm toward interns is:
4 Respect -- interns take responsibility but not too fast.
How satisfied are you with your overall compensation at this firm?
2 Somewhat Dissatisfied
Note: The answers shown in the 'Key Questions' section are not the actual words of any user but represent the average answer selected from the five available options of a multiple-choice question.
User Comments
(Unedited comments about Armstrong Torseth Skold & Rydeen Inc or this Firm Report.)
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