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Bryan Research & Engineering Reviews

2.3

30% would recommend to a friend

(37 total reviews)
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Jerry Bullin

24% approve of CEO

35% positive business outlook

Bryan Research & Engineering has an employee rating of 2.3 out of 5 stars, based on 37 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an average working experience there. The Bryan Research & Engineering employee rating is 37% below average for employers within the Energy, mining, utilities industry (3.7 stars).

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37 reviews
1.0
21 Mar 2016

Awful place to work

Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

The company is located in a great town.

Cons

Unless you are a member of the "in-crowd" that encircles the CEO, his family and/or head salesmen, this is a road to nowhere. The company has been financially successful for the most part, but it is in no way due to good business practices or treatment of its employees. There is an unbelievable rate of turnover for a company of this size. BR&E cares little for its employees and it shows in the benefits packages offered. You can do better -- look elsewhere.

2.0
22 June 2021
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

You are not micromanaged and there is a very relaxed office culture. If you are proactive, you have "unlimited" learning potential. Managers there are great, the president Jerry can be rough. Very predictable and rigid 8-5 schedule. You are never expected to work more than 45 hours, except when travelling. Unique opportunities to travel and network with engineers in the oil and gas industry. You learn a lot of practical chemical engineering in the first year and are exposed to the entire oil and gas supply chain. Significant potential for commission if you get a good territory. Coworkers are friendly and BCS is a good place to live. Software sells itself and is truly valuable to customers. You are encouraged to go the extra mile for clients, so it's easy to under-sell and over-deliver.

Cons

Day-to-day work is focused on number of calls made. Not actual sales, or other forms of effort/communication such as email or LinkedIn. You are guaranteed to feel call center culture. Sales cycle is slow, like working a sales job from the 90s. Entire company is run by engineers, not business minded people. Finding new ways of boosting productivity go unnoticed because the only metrics that matter are hours worked and calls made. The software is developed by chemical engineers, not software developers. Certain software issues could be more quickly resolved with pure developers. Incredibly inflexible: During Covid-19, working from home was never an option beyond the first 2-3 weeks. During the Texas Power Crisis, roads were covered in ice, the president asked employees to either "come to work or use their vacation" regardless of their ability or necessity of working from home. Hours are not flexible and you get below average benefits. 10 days vacation and 10 sick days. 3% 401K match. Poor health insurance options, especially for spouse/children.

1.0
6 July 2018
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

New management believes in taking a structured approach. Low stress work with little supervision. Support staff work on models and helps clients, sales staff is judged based on number of phone calls per week. So make 50 calls and you are a super star.

Cons

Don’t be fooled by the 5 star reviews. The owner (“Jerry”) told other senior staff to write reviews to help the image. There is a reason turnover is close to 40% of consulting engineering stafff. Low pay, little vacation, little room to grow, and terrible benefits. Do yourself a favor (especially current staff), find work elsewhere.

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