Wiklém Design Reviews

It is always a challenge to write a review for small design firms with so many factors incomparable to the big-ass design houses. Personalities seem bigger and in-your face, every day. It may be co-workers, a supplier or the big boss. Workforce is small. Your contribution to the office may represent a tenth to a quarter or more of the total effort to get the work done. Over or under-performing is often relative to those around you. Resources are often less. Juggling what you have with what you need is the unique art of working in a small business. It is also important to remember the owner and senior staff are almost always designers first. Being a team-leader, a manager, a partner or the owner is often something they grew into or fell into through immediate need, love of design or wanting to grow a better place to thrive. The bottom line is you either embrace it, contribute and grow, or you reject it, become unproductive, unhappy and end up leaving - only to write bitter reviews of your hardships on platforms like this one. It is always curious to see the dark-cloud past co-workers years later doing the exact same job they were doing before or sporting a mile-long list of short-term gigs. That speaks volumes about them, not the workplace they left behind.

Gives freedom to creativity and individuality.