SMMA Reviews

1. You're Treated Like a Number: Employees are assigned to projects with no input or discussion. Often, you only discover you're part of a team when you're added to a meeting invite. There’s no introduction to the design or overall project scope, leaving you disconnected and disempowered. Lack of Engagement and Ownership: Team sizes are excessively large, making it easy to feel like just another name on a call. You’re expected to manage multiple projects simultaneously, with conflicting deadlines and meetings, leaving no room for true ownership or contribution. Non-Existent Technical Support: The firm’s technical infrastructure is severely lacking. Revit templates and libraries are practically empty, forcing employees to copy from previous projects without any guidance. As a new hire, it’s almost impossible to know where to find resources or how to get up to speed. Absence of Mentorship and Leadership Support: There is no real mentorship or guidance from supervisors, and when concerns are raised, they are brushed aside. HR and management say what’s necessary in the moment but do nothing to address the issues long-term. Lack of Diversity in Leadership: While there are women on the board, the leadership is overwhelmingly white. As an Asian woman, I felt I was pigeonholed into support roles and not considered for leadership opportunities. Despite the company’s outwardly progressive values, stereotyping and ignorance remain deeply embedded in the leadership culture.

A passive aggressive, micro-managing manager that only got her position because she was going to quit. Awful to work with, attitude for no reason and brought in outside emotions very easily into work and projected onto others. And a director; who promises false growth, almost never actually working, and apparently still stuck in his college sport days. Do not work for this marketing team!