Great company to work for, but... - Anonymous employee Pape-Dawson Employee Review

4.0
24 June 2014
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Extremely high moral standards permeate from the top down, and result in a very high quality product and an enthusiastic workforce. In my experience there was a very high level of client satisfaction. Senior management definitely made strong efforts to take care of the workforce. Project managers were very involved in (concerned with) subordinates lives and professional growth. Would still be working there if not for the housing bust.

Cons

Certain policies were inflexible and out-of-touch with the workforce. I witnessed Senior management being very vitriolic in expressing their frustration or disgust with personnel. One could bump into "fenced boundaries" in unexpected (and sometimes stupid) areas; for example, woe to you if you used too much internet bandwidth on your breaks!

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5.0
22 June 2026
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Pros

Super friendly work environment and extremely helpful employees for interns learning Civil Engineering softwares. Very relaxed about hours as well.

Cons

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Pape-Dawson Response
2d
We appreciate your feedback and are pleased to know that your experience has been so positive!
3.0
12 May 2026
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Pros

Supportive workers Events Good quality

Cons

-Manager and higher ups can’t bring project from Houston -Projects borrowed from San Antonio -Not Balanced, too many employees, too less projects, no work sometimes, somtimes too much pressure. -Office politics -Bad female manager in houston office -Combined with another company costello, has some politics going on, costello workers were friendly

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Pape-Dawson Response
1mo
Feedback from employees is important for our growth as a company, and we appreciate you taking the time to leave a review.
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