Pros
Some of the staff members are kind depending what studio you're working in. If you do as you're told within the limits they set, you may have an opportunity to lead... and even then that trajectory is still very slow.
Kontras
Growth opportunities at RDL are severely restricted and rigid. Your chances for advancement and promotion are influenced more by seniority and office politics, rather than your own skills and capabilities. Be cautious in expressing your views, as it'll get interpreted based on studio directors' moods and can negatively impact your experience and project opportunities at the firm. Promises of individual opportunities for professional development lack follow-through. The company's organizational structure and hierarchy is categorized by building type-based studios. However, if you aspire to contribute to your project's design, you will be disappointed unless you are hired to work in the design studio in the first place. The design studio consists of a select few employees who design for every studio. Also, there’s immense internal competition with studio directors often competing against their own team members. Don’t you dare know more than your studio director… which you’ll find yourself to know more but you shouldn’t be expressing your knowledge out loud. In terms of trust in the company leadership's commitment to doing right by their employees, on a scale of 1 to 10, it would rate a mere 3.