"Remember To Think" - werkgeversreview Anonieme werknemer bij OffWhite Design

Preface: I was not going to write a review since I think everyone else previously summed up the company more eloquently than I ever could. However, upon finding out that I was being talked badly about while finishing out my ENTIRE two weeks, when I could have been working for the company I actually wanted to work for, making more money and experiencing mutual respect, I reconsidered. There are endless cons, but they all stem from one source: CEO Josh White. My biggest regret is not writing down every single asinine thing that was said/done by Josh during my 2.5 years there, but at least I have my scarring memories to last me a lifetime! One of my favorite memories was when I (a full time employee) was asked to do a menial task rather than have our male, unpaid intern do it because "his time was too valuable". A more outrageous memory was when he suggested that my coworker sell her eggs if she needed to make more money. As you have read in previous posts (or if you haven't, continue on for more fun), sexism and ignorance is abundant at OffWhite, making for a truly relaxing, modern, and uplifting environment for all.... 2.5 years after starting this job and trying relentlessly (and failing) to make some sort of positive change in an environment that is doomed, I mentioned getting more vacation days or possibly a raise to which the response was, "If you want more money, bring in business", (which, by the way, was not my job). A week or two later after I put my two weeks in, I found out my role was going to be split in two. OffWhite currently has TWO men doing my ONE job...one of whom is getting paid MORE than I was when I left (and who has no prior experience in my role), and the other whom is getting paid more than I was when I started. It would have been a pity if classic, discriminatory hierarchies, such as the glass ceiling, were forgotten and lost in NYC in 2016. Thankfully, we can rest easy knowing Josh White is keeping the spirit of sexism alive in the biggest city in this country. The day I was liberated (aka my last day), I received a pathetically awkward goodbye from Josh, after being ignored by him the entirety of the day. This was after two weeks of trying to transition a person into half of my role as smoothly as possible while (I later found out) Josh was in the other room telling employees/my friends that, now that I'm leaving, "things are going to change, there will actually be management, no negativity" etc. Not surprising coming from someone who is the master of allocating blame and never taking any himself, a person who always has to have a scapegoat in the office. I can't even count how many times he's thrown me under the bus for his mistakes. Obviously, I was never truly respected. How could I be, when the mentality is that everyone is expendable? Whenever something goes wrong, "firing everyone and starting the company over" always seems to be his go-to suggestion. Oh, and to use some sort of variation of the company's name. (See: OffWhite Productions, OffWhite Design, OffWhite Co). I heard that's how Fortune 500 companies are run... Speaking of Fortune 500, don't be fooled by the endless, big name logos that are plastered all over the website/office. Did Michael Jordan really "wet his pants" over OW headphones that never even came to fruition? Was Josh really "Christopher Reeve's hands"? One could never be quite sure considering the entire place is smoke and mirrors, a show to fool clients into drinking the Kool-Aid. Don't get me wrong, some of the clients are absolutely amazing. The projects can be interesting...when they're real. But how often is something a real project? Or a real deadline? Or a real priority? Actually, when it comes to figuring out what's real and what isn't, it's like trying to crack an Enigma machine, until you give up and start to assume that everything that comes out of Josh's mouth is probably BS. He is his company's own worst enemy. The best way to understand OffWhite is to think of building a house without any blueprints or structural support. Make something pretty on the surface, but fail to think of any of the research, planning and structuring that goes into properly building out an idea. When the house implodes, no one is surprised. This can be applied to individual projects, as well as the company as a whole... Design for design's sake. Assign reasoning/meaning AFTER you come up with design. Sell a barely thought out idea to a well known company even though it hasn't fully been created. Make a new, potential client who just flew in internationally wait over a half hour for no reason other than to seem "important"...etc. This place sucks all positivity, hope and talent out of you. When you think you've hit rock bottom at OffWhite, don't worry! It gets worse. The "false bottom", as we call it, will never cease to amaze you; the true definition of an abyss. If you want to advance your career, keep a positive outlook, or maintain your sanity and soul, then work somewhere else. Anywhere else. McDonald's in Times Square, perhaps. TGIFriday's. The DMV. A morgue. Do yourself a favor.