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Design Manager Reviews
What is it like working as a Design Manager?
February 2021
Many opportunities line up, you just need to be proactive, determined and perseverant to grow projects and teams in a direction that is relevant to the business and the market.
Design Manager in Bucharest:
Pros: The people that get to work with in my direct team and the changes that are being implemented by the new design leadership.
Cons: internal processes, politics and tools
November 2020
Monotonous.
Design Manager in Spring:
Pros: the PTO accumulation and the freedom to work without micromanagement
Cons: the lack of management willingness to hire quality people and pay the experienced employees well enough to keep them wanting to work here.
September 2020
Design Manager in Berlin.
Design Manager in Berlin:
Pros: Paid sick days, paid vacation, and nationalized healthcare.
Cons: Lower salaries, not adjusted to inflation.
August 2020
A good balance in between managing projects and collaboration.
Design Manager in Dubai:
Pros: Flexibility in working hours, well-being of the employees
Cons: Not enough transparency, Hard to get a salary increase
August 2020
A good balance in between handling projects and collaboration with people, open communication and relationships are key.
Design Manager in Dubai:
Pros: The flexibility in working schedule, learning as a foundation, well-being of the employees, forward thinking company, interest in research and being no 1 in the market
Cons: Salary increase is not a common practice, not enough transparency, to much process and a highly complex internal structure
August 2020
Near to home.
Design Manager in New Delhi:
Pros: It is capital city and hence all resources and development are within convenient reach.
Cons: Traffic jams on days I have to travel to sites
April 2020
Exciting, but exhausting.
Design Manager in London:
Pros: The proximity to key players in my industry
Cons: Cost of living, rat-race mentality
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