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Maximum Career Flexibility - Senior Hydrogeologist Barr Engineering Employee Review

5.0
13 June 2025
Recommend
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Pros

Exceptional talent; learning every day Great projects; often very challenging and require novel solutions Business model is about clients and staff-free market allows maximum career flexibility and creative freedom to build out new business ideas/clients Not a sweat shop - no hard billable targets; full pay for overhead and compensation for every hour worked

Cons

Free market is not for everyone - some people need a boss to keep them focused and engaged New staff often get stressed out by their own expectations rather than their internal coaches and mentors

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5.0
3 Mar 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Amazing staff, and flexible hours

Cons

Different type of work environment, they use a free market system model

3.0
9 Feb 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Highly flexible schedule Ability to select projects to work on Guaranteed bonus

Cons

Lots of after-hours work Administrative disconnect with field staff responsibilities that can lead to frequent miscommunications No direct manager to distribute work during slow seasons Weekly overnight travel for full-time field staff Arbitrary pay scale in relation to job level (engineers performing the same work will automatically get a higher pay scale) Safety management has an abrasive approach to reporting often placing strain between project manager and field staff relations Work schedule can be extremely unpredictable and dependent upon individual clients A client first mentality sometimes means that interpersonal communication with internal staff gets neglected leading to unexpected project requirements for staff under project managers

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