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Affiliated Engineers, Inc

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You're just a warm body with a degree - Mechanical Engineer Affiliated Engineers, Inc Employee Review

2.0
14 July 2014
Recommend
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Pros

Benefits and compensation wasn't bad, on the surface. You do get to work on a wide range of projects and get exposure in different areas and sectors.

Cons

It's very much a "sink or swim" mentality where management expects you to learn everything on your own. Some more senior people will offer help, but often only when they have time because everyone is over worked and stressed to meet deadlines. This is mostly due to the fact that the company frequently underbids projects to win them so you are expected to work 50+ hour weeks but only report 40 so it appears that the project is on budget and schedule. Because your efforts are purely based on how many hours you put in on your timesheet towards a given project, your individual work and efforts are not valued much. This is probably so that letting you go once a project is complete and work is slower is not as difficult, which happens frequently. Advancement is difficult since managers like to play favorites and there are obvious gender inequalities. There also seems to be a high turnaround with employees coming and leaving. The office environment is not very professional with fraternity-like behavior that can't even be reported because there is no local HR official, forcing those that don't want to participate to feel uncomfortable.

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5.0
28 Jan 2026
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Pros

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Cons

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4.0
29 June 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

They hired me Project work can be interesting There is flexibility to go your own way (not a lot of structure) There's some great employees, but I never work with them

Cons

Corporate Culture is boring Some individuals work long hours, much harder than others Poor management structure Only place I have worked where I don't feel I belong or they want me to contribute Worst toilet paper ever!!!

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