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ALL SOUTH CONSULTING ENGINEERS

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Lots of promices no real change - Civil Engineer ALL SOUTH CONSULTING ENGINEERS Employee Review

1.0
5 Nov 2024
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

There may be two people there who are a pleasure to work with. Parking is limited, but they are building a pickleball court in the garage. So, after you work 45 hours a week, you can spend a few more playing pickleball.

Cons

Most people there dislike working at All South and complain daily. The reason is that upper management is uninvolved, except for one person who only knows how to create progress by stressing people out and creating a sense of urgency at the last minute instead of being proactive and setting people up for success. You're basically left to figure things out on your own, as no one is available to help. If you make mistakes or do something that doesn’t align with the office manager's vision, you’re blamed and made to feel inadequate. When mistakes pile up, upper management typically chooses a scapegoat—usually someone who’s pointed out that things aren't running smoothly. That person is then forced out and blamed for everything. This seems to be a cycle that's worked for them for years. There’s a push to work overtime, at least 45 hours per week, with little flexibility or remote work allowed. Promises are made about hiring senior stuff who would help out and provide a better QA/QC process. None of those promises were actually implemented. Only hired very inexperience engineers or 8 year max with no design experience. The company tries to promote itself as family-oriented, yet they quickly cut ties with anyone who puts in a two-week notice and fire people in retaliation. At best, it’s a dysfunctional family.

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5.0
17 Dec 2020
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Very good scheduling to help with personal schedule. Medical, etc.

Cons

Reassignment to other locations after arrival to scheduled location. Long distances from original plan for the day.

1.0
19 May 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

The work itself is genuinely interesting - municipal infrastructure, roadway design, drainage improvements - the kind of projects that make a difference in the community. So many of the people here are talented and easy to work with, however....

Cons

The things holding this company back aren't a mystery, and instead of addressing any of it you're met with empty platitudes. There are no formal onboarding processes, no org charts, no defined career paths, no QA processes worth mentioning, no structured bonus or raise system, and very few documented SOPs for workflows that have been repeated hundreds of times. Other firms figured out these key elements to business operations decades ago, but upper management seems to be content with reaping the benefits of burning out their best people. What's frustrating isn't the absence of these things - it's that initiative to address them is met with indifference. My own performance review was probably the least professional encounter I had with upper management. When I conducted evaluations for my staff, I used a structured scoring system across multiple categories, but my review consisted entirely of verbal criticisms - many related to decisions made above my level, before my time, or by other department heads - with no scoring, no structure, no discussion about raises, and not so much as a handshake at the end. When I was promoted to manager I was given visibility into how raises and bonuses were distributed across the CAD department, and there was no discernible methodology - no performance metrics, no documented criteria, just handing out the biggest raises and bonuses to whoever stuck around longest or had the most overtime. The broader culture discourages questioning operations, even when the goal is accuracy and efficiency. I was even told not to question other engineers when their plans or designs had clear conflicts. Any "feel good" culture here is performative at best - think pickleball court at the main office that nobody asked for.

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