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Affiliated Engineers, Inc

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Affiliated Engineers, Inc Reviews

4.2

79% would recommend to a friend

(156 total reviews)

Geoff McMahon, PE, LEED AP

65% approve of CEO

83% positive business outlook

Affiliated Engineers, Inc has an employee rating of 4.2 out of 5 stars, based on 156 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an excellent working experience there. The Affiliated Engineers, Inc employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Construction, repair and maintenance industry (3.7 stars).

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156 reviews
2.0
14 July 2014
Recommend
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Pros

Benefits and compensation wasn't bad, on the surface. You do get to work on a wide range of projects and get exposure in different areas and sectors.

Cons

It's very much a "sink or swim" mentality where management expects you to learn everything on your own. Some more senior people will offer help, but often only when they have time because everyone is over worked and stressed to meet deadlines. This is mostly due to the fact that the company frequently underbids projects to win them so you are expected to work 50+ hour weeks but only report 40 so it appears that the project is on budget and schedule. Because your efforts are purely based on how many hours you put in on your timesheet towards a given project, your individual work and efforts are not valued much. This is probably so that letting you go once a project is complete and work is slower is not as difficult, which happens frequently. Advancement is difficult since managers like to play favorites and there are obvious gender inequalities. There also seems to be a high turnaround with employees coming and leaving. The office environment is not very professional with fraternity-like behavior that can't even be reported because there is no local HR official, forcing those that don't want to participate to feel uncomfortable.

1.0
29 Apr 2015

Rollercoaster Ride through hell

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Supposed to figure out at least 1 pro. Good pay.

Cons

Managing principal is a workaholic who expects everyone to put in a lot of overtime, office hires most people with little experience who can't do the job, principal loves to yell at and berate employees. If you can live walking on eggshells, enjoy never doing a job right, getting no respect or appreciation, or being a mindreader this is the place for you.

2.0
18 Apr 2018

The Blind Leading the Blind

Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Company leadership is good at attracting/maintaining high end clients. Lots of diverse projects, with big budgets. Projects are fairly complex and you will learn a lot here.

Cons

When the economy is good, like now, the company is too busy. Management will brow beat people to work lots of overtime. There is no gratitude either for the extra effort. You’re supposed to be grateful you have a job. Management, while good at getting work, is not good at managing the work once it is won. They expect the engineers/designers to magically get their work done while simultaneously managing architects and clients expectations. (-Hint- Managing architects/clients is basically AEI management’s job.) This often leads to projects not getting done properly, lots of frustration, and management is upset because projects run over budget. Also, when the economy is bad…...better dust off that resume.

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