Pivot Design Reviews

3.6

66% would recommend to a friend

(31 total reviews)

Liz Kanter

77% approve of CEO

64% positive business outlook

Pivot Design has an employee rating of 3.6 out of 5 stars, based on 31 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Pivot Design employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Media and communication industry (3.7 stars).

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31 reviews
1.0
22 Mar 2019

Phi Delta Toxic

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Free sparkling water, coffee, and booze.

Cons

This tiny sorority- I mean workplace is full of mean women. Secrets, backstabbing, and power moves are normal and accepted here. Everything at Pivot Design is monetary and aesthetic, and if you don't fit the script expect to be walked on, taken advantage of, and mentally pushed to your limit. Every day employees think, am I next to be fired? Sadly, I wish this review was an exaggeration. The culture is poisonous, damaging, and dangerous to the mental and emotional health of the employees who work here. Interview at your own risk.

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Pivot Design Response
7y
Thank you for taking the time to share your unfortunate experience at Pivot and your perspective of our organization. I wish we would have had the opportunity to meet and discuss your feelings while you were here, as it is an outlier to the experiences and perspectives of not only our current employees, but also of the majority of our past employees. I’m actually extremely proud of the culture we have built. As are the many employees that have been here for 5 and 10+ years (our turnover rate is well below the agency standard). Of course, every organization has its own share of drama and unfortunate circumstances—and I’m not saying we are void of that. But the success and growth we have experienced, particularly over the last 5 years, can also certainly lead to a heightened sense of emotion. Some of that can be negative emotion, which sounds like is in your situation. But the overwhelming majority have been positive emotions—not only felt by our management team (made up of men and women) but also our entire organization (made up of a diverse set of backgrounds, experiences and insights which is heavily encouraged to be shared)—yet all with a common goal, to positively impact the future success and growth of Pivot. Again, thank you for your thoughts, it only makes us strive to make sure we can be our best selves. - Liz
2.0
1 Sept 2016

I would not encourage a friend to work at Pivot.

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Nice office. A snack drawer. Safe Location and close to transportation.

Cons

Immature leadership. Dramatic tantrums. Gossip and trash talking. Some people's reaction is to feedback is to spontaneously cry. Insecure behavior. No professional investment. Account team vs. Designer atmosphere. Unstable. Unpredictable.

3.0
23 Jul 2019
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

great work results for clients; good creative

Cons

neurotic leadership; HIGH turnover; client work is fun, but everyone walks on eggshells with highly critical management team

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