Former employees describe stress and extreme pressure at a Danish star architect’s office: »You’d see these zombies walking around the office«
Former BIG employees and the head of HR say they have paid a high price for the firm’s ambitions. BIG’s chief executive is moved by the accounts but rejects the idea of broader problems with the work environment.
Former employees describe stress and extreme pressure at a Danish star architect’s office: »You’d see these zombies walking around the office«
Bjarke Ingels, photographed here in 2019, has achieved such success in the 20 years since founding Bjarke Ingels Group (BIG) that the firm now employs more than 700 full-time staff in offices around the world. One of BIG’s many well-known projects is the VM Houses in Ørestad, seen here in the background. But that success has come at a price, former employees now say. Fotokollage: Tomas Østergren. Foto: Finn Frandsen / Thomas Borberg
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Han er blevet beskrevet som manden, der »bygger fremtiden«. Med sine opsigtsvækkende byggerier har den danske arkitekt Bjarke Ingels de seneste 20 år etableret sig som en international stjerne med tegnestuen Bjarke Ingels Group (BIG).
Men blandt andet en tidligere chef hos BIG beskriver i denne artikel, hvordan flere ansatte gennem årene har betalt en høj pris for tegnestuens succes:
»Det er en af de mest hardcore arbejdspladser, jeg har været på«, siger hun.
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