xxx - Anonymous employee WOHA Employee Review

3.0
6 Oct 2016
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

1. Interesting place for young architects to learn because the projects are often large scale and complex. Also, the projects are often in fairly interesting locations. 2. The internal office infrastructure is fairly well organized. 3. Design is a priority. 4. Relatively little office politics / infighting. 5. Working environment is good. 6. Staff is dedicated. 7. Woha make some nice buildings. 8. Can learn a lot in short amount of time.

Cons

1. Salary is significantly lower compared to other firm doing the same size building. Everyone I know makes more doing the same job. 2. "Your job is your life" - so expect long hours / working weekends during deadlines and during competitions. The reward for hard work is getting to be a part of the process. Don't expect higher pay or promotions. 3. Not the type of place you go to have a "career" as there is little room to advance in rank or salary and it is rare to see anyone advance. There are senior staff in management that have been there many years and will be there many more.

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Pros

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Cons

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Pros

People are responsible and hard-working towards the profession, and proud of what they are doing which is a distinctive value for an architectural office. People are kind in heart and willing to teach.

Cons

Without they know it, 1. They train people as puritanical robots in both the working style and critical thinking, rather than seeing the different potentials of individuals in order to maximize the recourse and conduct a better outcome; 2. Promote the long-haul working culture tacitly, and being proud of such a culture although they try hard to not do it; 3. Delaying or skipping the usual lunch and dinner are totally norms and even encouraged, again tacitly. It is a verbally abusive environment, as some of the managers scold the crews both in the face and in the texts; Some managers believe in paternalistic education which is a good initiative, but totally counter-productive in most of the circumstances and rather outdated especially for the post-pandemic era.

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