Federal Highway Administration Reviews

Mediocre supervisors, micromanaging seems to be the prevalent management style. Promotions not based on talent and experience. You will have a better chance of promotion if you are a yes person to a micromanager. When things go wrong, employees take the heat for decision made by the micromanagers. No opportunities to grow unless you are willing to relocate. Bad behavior rewarded and good behavior punished. Managers delegate everything, even the administrative tasks they are supposed to perform. They don't do anything productive and sometimes they become obstacles rather than resources to doing a good job. Productivity is not a priority in the Eastern Federal Lands Division.This division is mostly seen as a school for future FHWA Federal Aid Engineers rather than a project delivery organization. Lack of challenging design projects, if you want to gain experience in complex projects, this is definitively not the place, unless you want to become a micromanaging mediocre government employee slacker.

Most promotional opportunities require you to move