Partners oversell projects and have zero accountability so the brunt of the poor planning falls on the project teams.
They take advantage of junior designers and researchers and pretty much bank on you not advocating for yourself.
There are so many sycophants who skate by doing little to no work because they are “favorites.”
If you’re advocating to do high quality work with the client, you’ll likely be doing it on your own as managers are happy to take the easy route 100% of the time.
And I don’t know why this company keeps billing itself as a diverse workplace. Yes there are some Black and Brown people who work there but I didn’t see them in management or at the partner level.