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Jacqueline Hinman
426 Ratings
Pros
"They understand the work/life balance" (in 81 reviews)
"Great people and very flexible work schedule" (in 59 reviews)
Cons
"Many full-time employees work remotely--good for work life balance but bad for forming relationships since in-person interaction is inconsistent" (in 21 reviews)
"Need a little better communication from upper management" (in 44 reviews)
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"Great company CH2M"
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RecommendsPositive OutlookApproves of CEOPros
Work life balance, benefits, colleagues, highly ethical
Cons
Not the highest paying company
CH2M 2015-06-25 23:52 PDT![CH2M Logo]()
"Not Bad"
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RecommendsNeutral OutlookDisapproves of CEOI worked at CH2M full-time (More than 5 years)
Pros
Excellent technical experience in the right team. Good leadership overall in most areas.
Cons
Difficulties winning work in some markets and geographies meant that company could never become "big" in certain countries.
CH2M 2018-05-21 03:34 PDTHelpful (13)
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"Great People - Lost organisation"
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Doesn't RecommendNegative OutlookDisapproves of CEOI worked at CH2M (More than 5 years)
Pros
Good People with a wealth of technical experience in the field they work in.
A large global reach to leverage expertise from.Cons
Constant restructures.
Lack of vision and direction.
Difficult to get support from global resources due to the silo mentality across the company and geographies.
Very risk averse organisation.
Still US centric.Advice to Management
Work out quickly what you are doing and where you will do it and set a path.
Acknowledge that most of the answers are not actually in Denver.CH2M 2017-05-02 19:30 PDTHelpful (13)
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"An Executive blinded by themselves"
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Doesn't RecommendNegative OutlookDisapproves of CEOI have been working at CH2M full-time (More than 3 years)
Pros
There are many, just not feeling them right now. This latest restructure has been a woefully executed process. Change happens, it's often not fun but necessary. How you implement change is a leadership litmus test. A test this CEO and executive have failed.
Cons
No bottom line growth in years under the leadership of an exec and BG exec management who've contentedly protected their own interests while failing to support, understand or capitalize on growth outside of their pet focus areas. Leading to more restructuring...opportunity to make impactful change....but no.... different structure, same people, new titles, appointing the same buddies to roles around them. If these people failed to perform, lead and grow the business in their previous roles, why are they still tasked with this responsibility?
Advice to Management
Denver exec and board, you seem to be blinded by tenure and cronyism, these friendships and loyalties perpetuated the ugly traits which have held this company back from realizing its potential to grow. Some of these respected elders are the blockers to change.
The execution of this restructuring has taken you all along way from the values and culture of being respectful, compassionate, collaborative and positive. Your behavior and actions have been disrespectful, secretive, exclusionary, subversive and judging by the lack of CLC and Denver based exec removal, low on your own accountability. Shame on you for allowing Bain to take you so far away from the behavioral heart of what this company prided itself on.
Here's hoping you can win back the trust of staff in time to realize the growth you need to save the company.CH2M 2016-10-21 18:38 PDTHelpful (4)
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"Good co'workers but poor senior management."
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Doesn't RecommendNegative OutlookI have been working at CH2M full-time
Pros
Good fellow workers and worldwide opportunities.
Cons
Too many short term fixes on company wide basis without considering long term requirements or impacts.
Advice to Management
Reduce red tape policies and procedures cut out the crap. Make the company more efficient and manage the work or risks rather than avoid it.
CH2M 2016-04-07 23:20 PDTHelpful (17)
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"Principal Engineer"
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Doesn't RecommendNegative OutlookDisapproves of CEOPros
The Pros are not very special than others.
Cons
Poor management as so many layers of layers of business, local , regional and global management. Need to get all layers approval to bid works and as a results too late.
Ch2 avoiding to do design work in engineering and it will lead to dead end of the business.Advice to Management
Cut all the unnecessary management layers to get more active and efficiency performance. Also layoff all old dogs in management as they are off the market trend or promote more real engineering into management (not lawyers or accountants)
Who cares PEP or human resources training ? Don't understand why HR got so much power in the engineering business, it wasting so many hours, money and training on these useless performance review.CH2M 2016-04-13 18:37 PDTHelpful (8)
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"One Star Rating Based on ANZ Business"
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Doesn't RecommendNegative OutlookNo opinion of CEOI worked at CH2M full-time (More than 3 years)
Pros
It is unfortunate that CH2M HILL has not acted quickly to remove the business ethics and practices of former Halcrow Group Directors and Senior Executives with the ANZ business as the impression is that overall CH2M HILL internationally has a good employee culture.
Cons
The business is top heavy in Director and Executive levels who deliver little. Within ANZ it has a large issue with former Halcrow Group Directors and key Senior Management team who have no track record in delivering opportunities. Within ANZ there is complete mismanagement which is leading to a decline in business opportunities and CH2M HILL do not appear to be taking a decision to remove key former Halcrow Group senior management who are underperforming.
Advice to Management
ANZ Halcrow Group Management - Sack yourself!
CH2M 2014-09-14 16:54 PDT![CH2M Logo]()
"Ok to work for them"
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RecommendsNeutral OutlookNo opinion of CEOPros
Collaboration consultation teamwork positive forward thinking
Cons
Travelling outdoors pay training security
CH2M 2018-10-14 20:41 PDT![CH2M Logo]()
"CH2M was a good company"
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RecommendsDisapproves of CEOI worked at CH2M full-time (More than 8 years)
Pros
It was a good company and still is. It's just now owned by a really big company that puts numbers first.
Cons
Jacobs now owns CH2M and is hacking away at jobs for profit. A lot of jobs are being transitioned to Poland and India. If you are a subcontractor wanting to get paid, you have a hard time getting an answer to when you will get paid. Subs need to read their contracts and know their contract terms. Don't settle for Paid when Paid terms.
CH2M 2018-10-10 10:02 PDT![CH2M Logo]()
"One of my best jobs"
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I worked at CH2M full-time (More than a year)
Pros
Good atmosphere, no rat race, competitive salary, a constant feedback from management.
Cons
Very fast work pace and time pressure.
CH2M 2018-09-23 04:57 PDT
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