About PDP London

What is it like to work for PDP London

Personal Growth

92% of staff agreed:

This job is good for my own personal growth

The company have a huge amount of initiatives aimed at supporting development, from lunchtime CPD sessions, the annual £250 budget per person for spending on (if desired non-work related) training, regular training courses and a full programme for supporting trainee architects through their Part 3 qualification. Support for the Part 3 qualification includes a £1,000 contribution towards course fees, placing them on projects which are suitable case studies for their Part 3, running an internal lecture series, formal study groups, and mentoring and examination preparation run by those Partners who are also external examiners.

92% of staff agreed:

This job is good for my own personal growth

My Company

98% of staff agreed:

I believe I can make a valuable contribution to the success of this organisation

The company have recently been through a rebranding exercise and brought all employees into the process. The team was invited to contribute ideas towards the vision of the practice, some of which are being implemented. The company communicate through monthly breakfast presentations, design presentations and charettes and the company intranet.

98% of staff agreed:

I believe I can make a valuable contribution to the success of this organisation

Fair Deal

70% of staff agreed:

I am happy with the pay and benefits I receive in this job

To celebrate the company’s 20th anniversary they have implemented a programme of 20 workshops and talks to tap into individuals’ creativity and allow them to practice with different disciplines which support architectural design. Recent workshops include paper sculpting, visual medicine, philosophy in architecture, photography and life drawing, all led by external artists and specialists in their fields. These have proven very popular so they have continued the programme past their 20th year under the same 20+20 umbrella.

70% of staff agreed:

I am happy with the pay and benefits I receive in this job

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