Project Lead - Project Lead bei IDEO: Mitarbeiterbewertung

– Echoing much of what has been said, there is a reason why it's either people have either been at IDEO 10+ years, or are a bunch of newbies. Partners tend to create this cult like environment, where if you aren't a good-old boy, you will be faced with a long, slow uphill battle in your career journey, which can really squeeze you mid-career. – You are generally not promoted until you have been doing that job for 2+ years. It's not built on a foundation or trust or stretch people through new experiences, but rather, forcing people to fight for every singe promotion, especially at the team level. – Those that are promoted into leadership positions, are often ill-equipped and lack the people skills to support people in an empathetic way (which is ironic, because it's IDEO, which wrote the book on being human centered). – And honestly, some of the partners have been drinking the IDEO kool-aid for too long. Some (not all) can be full of themselves, and in some cases, just plain pretentious and mean, without reflecting on their actions. – They will often size you up at the as you become a Senior Project Lead. If you don't seem like a IDEO-lifer to them, it could cost you a promotion. Countless people have left at this level because they weren't given the chance to transition to Director. They pick favorites. Period. – While I wasn't a part of the newly formed Education Studio in San Francisco, it seemed toxic to me. I heard from countless employees that the leadership team worked people too hard, and managed in a very top down way, rather than meeting them where they are. That team is almost entirely new people now. – Last but not least, nobody says what they really mean. This is by far, the most passive aggressive culture I worked in. Feedback is always masked in generalizations and provides little to no insight about how decisions about your career get made.