Dont go there - werkgeversreview Designer bij Sybarite

Some of the staff a lovely

The founders/COO/ directors They treat all the staff like they are slaves you have a deadline you have to stay and finish it even if it takes all night and tstill have to arrive in work the next day at 9am or you will get fired we don’t get paid the over time The make people redundant from there jobs and then employed more staff to fill in there spots they don’t listen to your ideas they have a work council but shut down there ideas Iv even seen them treat there cleaning staff as slaves making them do jobs that ain’t there jobs like running errands they even cleaned one of the founders home instead of the office

- Exposure to retail design aesthetics and branding - Insight into how luxury studios position themselves publicly - Social perks and lunches, new policy of short Fridays - An ok work life balance - Great new location

- The workplace feels deeply unfair beneath a very polished surface. A lot of effort goes into optics and looking lexury design studio to impress the client and potential future employees, but much less into how people are actually treated. - Promotions and leadership roles often seem to depend more on who you’re close to and family networking, your background, than actually on your skills, education, experience, or contribution. - Opportunities are not given based on how good a designer you are and how much hard work you put in. Hard work alone doesn’t reliably lead anywhere. - Diversity and inclusion feel more like a checkbox than something genuinely built into the company. Studio photos, marketing, and promotions are very curated and don’t reflect the wider team. - There is very little racial diversity in senior, leadership, or client-facing roles. - Many capable and knowledgeable people are overlooked, which can be incredibly demotivating and eventually affects creativity and the quality of the work. - Pay often doesn’t match the workload, while a lot of money is spent on performative perks like client dinners, yoga, lunches, and social initiatives that don’t really benefit staff in meaningful ways. - Insensitive comments or attitudes sometimes go unchallenged, which makes the environment uncomfortable if you don’t fit the dominant culture. - HR has very limited power and feels more reactive than supportive or protective of employees. Based on my current experience, I wouldn’t recommend this company to anyone looking for fair pay, merit-based progression, or a genuinely inclusive and respectful work environment.