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Advanced Drainage Systems

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CAD Technician - CAD Drafter Advanced Drainage Systems Employee Review

2.0
21 Sept 2018
Recommend
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Pros

Great co-workers. The pay is adequate, good benefits, many lunches are provided throughout the year.

Cons

Forget about work life balance, this place will run you into the ground. The office is often regarded as a modern day sweat shop. It is all about production numbers, your production will be posted within the engineering offices for everyone to see with not much consideration to complexity or size of projects worked on. Vacation time can be difficult to get scheduled due to never ending deadlines. This is a sales based CAD position with most design considerations being dictated by the sales personnel, it's all about the sale not quality of design. Many of the sales associates are not technical and do not have a good understanding of ADS products and how they work and perform. The company is moving away from typical autodesk products and using an ADS tool for drawings. Training does not exist, you get about 10 minutes on a product and are expected to know it.

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5.0
28 Apr 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Great work environment, flexible schedule, 10% stock discount, tuition reimbursement, and a fast growing company with many project opportunities.

Cons

A lot of departments within IT so it can be hard to adjust if coming from a smaller company

3.0
1 June 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Flexible work environment, good people for the most part. Hard to get fired

Cons

zero incentives to work hard. Limited vacation. Always cutting back on spending despite having record breaking financials. Not competitive base pay and on top of that theres no bonuses. Management provides no path for moving forward and continues to set a precedent of hiring externally instead of promoting within. When you do get promoted its nothing to write home about. Its usually 2x the normal yearly increase (which by the way has not matched inflation once since Ive been here). This is the perfect job for someone with experience who wants to settle down and coast and not have to worry about losing their job.

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