Christensen Reviews

3.5

66% would recommend to a friend

(57 total reviews)

Tony Christensen

78% approve of CEO

50% positive business outlook

Christensen has an employee rating of 3.5 out of 5 stars, based on 57 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Christensen employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Energy, mining, utilities industry (3.7 stars).

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57 reviews
1.0
26 Mar 2018

If you like to be set up to FAIL, this is the company for you!

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

- Decent pay - Health benefits are not bad - If you are Mormon or a male, you will be respected by the owners & executive team.

Cons

- Lack of direction & leadership - Your job role and duties will change every couple of months, so get ready to do a job you did not apply for and not get paid for it. - The owners/ family and leadership team take advantage of employee who have outside experience, have a 4 year degree or show any type leadership skill. - The owners/ family have no idea how to run their businesses and have major accounting issues.

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Christensen Response
7y
Thank you for your review. At Christensen we encourage feedback both positive and negative and we appreciate the perspective that you have shared. I am sorry that you did not enjoy your experience at Christensen. We strive to create an environment where team members can perform at their best level. Christensen started as a small family-owned company. Today we are still family owned but we have grown. With that growth comes learning opportunities and growing pains. As we grow, we do our best to develop our employees and find the best role fit for them in our organization. We are working to improve communication throughout the organization and appreciate that feedback. While your previous interactions and experiences have not been positive, we invite you to visit with any of us and share your feedback in more detail. We can and will do better to serve our employees, thank you for helping us in that effort. Thank you.
2.0
17 Apr 2018
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

I enjoyed the work, the pay was good, and I liked my boss, who gave me a good amount of freedom and flexibility.

Cons

This company is not for everyone. If you’re the kind of person that proudly flies a confederate flag off the back of their monster truck, this may be the company for you. Sadly, the Christensen’s personal beliefs leach throughout the entire company and seems to attract people of the same cloth. Making rude “jokes” about people of other cultures/ethnicities and harassing the local homeless people in the area are common occurrences here. The owners even push their political opinions onto the employees. The CEO sent out a memo to the entire company, urging them to vote for a certain former Apprentice star. Obviously this is wildly inappropriate regardless of what political candidate you're supporting. The Seaport offices are pretty depressing and run-down. There isn't nearly enough parking so everyone has to tandem park. So if you ever want to leave, you have to track down the person parked behind you and hope they're not in a meeting or off-site. And they will be annoyed at you every time you have to ask them, even though it happens every day and everyone has to do it. The atmosphere in the office is not friendly nor fun. Many people here are just not nice. There seems to be an expectation that work should be your life and you should put in extra hours just for the sake of clocking hours. Every day when you leave, regardless of how many hours you put in, it's very likely that it will be passive aggressively commented on. Owners and management only care about the bottom line and have no regard for limiting environmental impact. The EPA is viewed as the bad guys. I just felt gross working here.

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Christensen Response
7y
As a company committed to a positive culture, we are sorry you feel this way about your time at Christensen. To your point, no company is the right fit for each individual, and we hope you have found a better fit for your beliefs. With that said, our company is committed to attracting individuals that exhibit our core values of “Be Courageous”, “Enjoy Serving Others”, “Do What I Say I’m going To Do”, and “Have Fun”, regardless of political affiliation.
1.0
23 June 2022
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Good benefits and fair 401K contribution

Cons

High turnover Low pay Inept management Management is too concerned with the company's image rather than employee's happiness and well being

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