American Institute of Architects Employee Reviews for Anonymous Employee

"I have worked at the AIA since 2006. During that time, I have seen a lot of improvements to the work environment and how the AIA treats their staff. My overall reason for wanting to take the next step is that AIA has little area for me to grow in when it comes to the IT field."

"I've worked with AIA for 3 years now. As a facilitator across departments, I am hampered in getting new products completed by internal politics (silos), and by executives' whims, with little getting finished well or at all. Passive-aggressive is the best description I can give for inter-personal atmosphere. The Institute's members get the worst deal, receiving poorly-thought and -supported products, while their dues get higher. If approached for a job of ANY kind: run screaming!"

"Although AIA Washington has a large impact on state architects' needs, there was too much shouldered on one leadership position instead of finding a team that could integrate and work well. Almost two months of my employment were below minimum wage for that time period due to overtime exempt. No clean sense of direction. Costs of events were far too high, leading to a bloated budgeted that didn't target member needs."

"I've worked for AIA over 2 years. The company has many internal communications problems, does not know how to relate to its local and state chapters, and generally thinks through the lens of its internal organization, rather than from its audience: the association's members. Much of the internal organization is in silos, the managing directors of which don't communicate or share well at all."