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The Washington DC office is in a great location and was once considered a wonder ful place to work. However, recent changes have led to a decline in the office's overall atmosphere. An Architect was promoted to the position of Office Director, and since then, the office has taken a turn for the worse. 

There is now a high level of bureaucracy in the office, which makes it difficult for employees to navigate. It feels as though you have to go along with the status quo in order to succeed. The Office Director, who now holds a position of power, has serious complex issues and behaves unprofessionally. 

Many of the team members are underpaid, leading to a high rate of employee turnover. The once thriving office is no longer seen as a desirable place to work. 

In conclusion, while the location of the Washington DC office remains favorable, the negative changes within the office have made it a less than ideal work environment. Action needs to be taken to address the issues and improve the overall atmosphere of the office.

Loved the people and projects at HKS.  However, they give you a small salary that doesn't compare to other firms, then give you an outsized bonus at the end of the year.  That means a bigger chunk of money is taken out in taxes, and they can decide to give smaller bonuses if they decide to buy another company, or one of the groups has a bad year.  Also, the healthcare benefits are the worst in the industry if you're not in Dallas.  This has been brought up to management several times, but they contend that their benefits are equal to those in other large companies.  They're NOT!

I was originally hired as a temp for a month onsite with HKS Architects in Southern California.  The upper management saw what I was capable of and I was hired to stay on with the Architects till the close-out of the project.  I Was fortunate to have a great group of Architects to work for during my duration onsite.

Mix of either talented and hardworking people with those who joined company because of it's name and give 0 f**$. Low pay. Lots of talks talks talks to get on a same page and as much it is possible make happy. Is somebody gonna pick up project to start doing work or what? Do we need another 1-2-3 hours coordination meeting to sit and fa rt in a chair and not having stuff done? 


This is a wonderful fim to work for.

Great employees and supervisors. Great people to work for.

Work on fun and challenging projects. 

Problems are lots of work for not much pay. Also at the mercy of the economy when the economy is good jobs are secure when it is bad les job security.

Overall great company with great people.

Hard work and good reward sums up this company.  HKS provides a perfect work environment, tons of training opportunities, excellent health benefits and impeccable support for each worker from the executive staff.  If you have ever had the opportunity to work here, you will always compare every other company to HKS's standards.  

Best workplace ever!

HKS is an architectural firm of aroun 1300-1400 employees spread over multiple locations. Monthly Friday afternoon get-togethers to meet new employees, hear about marketing wins, and discuss office needs.

Hard work and competence under valued.  Progressive leadership promotes culture  of lofty ideals and thought leadership. Architectural basics of delivering quality construction documents and construction administration fading fast and undervalued.

Very disorganized structure. Upper management does not take accountability for their own mistakes. Little opportunity for career advancement.

I enjoy working at HKS, however, it isn't positioned as a lifetime career, the pay advancement isn't where it needs to be to promote lifetime tenure. I definitely see HKS as a great stepping stone to advancing your IT career.

Top Job Titles	Average Salary
Designer 16 salaries reported	$72,750 per year
Architect 5 salaries reported	$84,740 per year
Senior designer 4 salaries reported	$88,100 per year
Intern 3 salaries reported	$22.00 per hour
Project architect 3 salaries reported	$103,333 per year

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