Extremely poorly run company with inexperienced senior management - Anonymous employee Kleinfelder Employee Review

1.0
7 Sept 2014
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Gain entry level experience and take this experience to a better run company Regional strengths but very inconsistent across the firm

Cons

1. Senior management cannot decide on how to organize and run company, changes every year 2. Stuck in 1990's way of doing business with no overarching strategy of how to grow 3. Vision to be a multi-faceted engineering design firm cannot happen with current senior and mid-levelmanagement who are long term Kleinfelder employees focused on geotechnical engineering and lab services 4. Cultural is very parochial and focused on local office capabilities and not team work, offices often compete for the same project against each other 5. Management's actions do not follow their words

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5.0
28 May 2026
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Pros

Gained a lot of experience in the field Thorough onboarding and training Covered a required certification process Will help immensely for my future Overall, friendly and helpful employees

Cons

6:30 a.m. start time was a tough adjustment, but I ultimately got used to it. I did cry at the end of my time there, because I knew I would miss the people.

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Thank you so much for leaving a review! We're so glad your internship experience at Kleinfelder was a positive one ... we hope you'll be able to return some day!
4.0
26 June 2026
Recommend
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Pros

- lovely coworkers - some really cool projects since Kleinfelder wins lots of different types of projects! thankfully i had good relationships with the project managers, but peers that don't have a long history don't have enough work flow or don't get to work on projects they want to - very caring boss - flexible work from home policy

Cons

- incredibly repetitive sometimes - inconsistent work and stress related to staying billable - drab and uninspiring workplace energy - lots of non-optional travel - anyone other than my boss and direct peers was not caring - it's all just a bit corporate and no one is really in love with what they're doing - barely got raises consistent with inflation

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