pretty good - Senior Engineer HDR Employee Review

4.0
8 Mar 2022
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Pros

Nice people, not many jerks, most of them pretty smart, get to work on major transportation projects, pays pretty well, offices are pretty nice.

Cons

A new CEO took over in 2017, and he had a much more aggressive agenda than the previous one, which led to problems. They had been doing amazingly well already leading up to that, so he decided to take it up a notch with ridiculously aggressive growth goals. In order to meet the new goals, they focused their efforts mostly on winning huge projects, without balancing the portfolio out with medium and "small" projects (small is relative for HDR). This led to a huge rollercoaster in workload that even spreading work among other offices couldn't help. At one point, there were huge deadlines for three huge projects all at once, so people were working ridiculous hours to meet them, followed by months of not having enough work. People were taking their vacations just to avoid layoffs during the slow period before the next peak. Summers became burnout-busy, and winters became scary-slow.

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5.0
2 July 2026
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Pros

Excellent structure and procedures in all areas of business

Cons

Role involved a lot of remote support whereas I prefer hands on, but overall excellent company.

5.0
2 July 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Great team and culture'. Lots of work-life balance and supportive managers. Great for all ages. Employee-owned and has an excellent community between local offices

Cons

Managers may depend on the team. Contractors may be difficult

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