Felt like a facade - werkgeversreview Project Manager bij Watson Creative

1,0
26 okt 2018
Aanbevelen
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Pluspunten

You'll have so much work given to you that you'll learn a lot and get the opportunity to contribute to tasks outside of your normal role. A lot of the projects are pretty cool to work on. Some neat people and decent talent.

Minpunten

During my employment I felt like this place was toxic, set up as an unhealthy sweat shop, and not a place I could sustainability work at long term. It seemed like most of the real efforts by leadership were targeted in acquiring new business by advertising portfolio pieces that were expanded on, (such as including work that was never finished with the client), or still showcasing work that was done before Watson Creative was ever formed–and yet the company has demanded some former employees to take down Watson work from their portfolio (even when full credit was given to Watson, and that is how designers survive). During my employment, it seemed like leadership had a focus of making the company appear different than what we were capable of, which also contributed to us feeling like there was more than what we could take or execute on. One example during that period was including contracted partners or vendors with all other employees on our staff page of the website that were not as involved in day to day activities, but had no differentiating verbiage to indicate they were not at our office. All of this is to say that I had hoped that energy was instead, put into proper resourcing for full time employees–I always had far too much work to ever feel like I could be that great at my job, or grow. Despite some menial efforts in improving, I didn't feel it ever truly could because of things like I mentioned above. Its unfortunate because during my employment there was some good talent there, but if the company is still running the way it was while I was there, Watson will likely not ever have the stability to get past the mode of survival, take on larger accounts, or keep employees long term-- even though they've been at it for about 7+? years (I believe).

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25 feb 2021
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Minpunten

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1,0
2 apr 2026
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Pluspunten

Good location. That's about all.

Minpunten

I responded to a job posting on LinkedIn in 2018 applying to work as a salaried employee within the agency's creative department. A day after my in-person interview, all three partners unanimously agreed I was a perfect fit and told me I was hired. A day later, came the big surprise.... they told me they decided to try me out firstly as a freelancer on some projects, but I then learned they weren't even ready to fill the permanent position (false advertising). The assignments they gave me were a total mismatch, too, so of course I couldn't show them my best work. Everything seemed one-way centric from the owner. Very disappointing experience to say the least! I'm just glad it ended sooner than later.

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