HLW Reviews

3.4

57% would recommend to a friend

(135 total reviews)

Bennet Dunkley, Ed Shim, and Sejal Sonani

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46% positive business outlook

HLW has an employee rating of 3.4 out of 5 stars, based on 135 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The HLW employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Construction, repair and maintenance industry (3.7 stars).

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135 reviews
4.0
2 June 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

A lot of space for opportunity! If you work hard, you can create opportunity for yourself and experience a lot of career growth. You are not kept in a box. If you are a young designer, the community here is so great and fun socially, and you will grow much more than you might elsewhere! Seniors/principles are generally inspiring, positive people to look up to. I look forward to seeing each person daily, it makes me want to come into the office everyday.

Cons

The team in Santa Monica is understaffed in a few areas, leaving many employees with more responsibility than realistic. It is hit or miss on if you end up being an employee that carries a heavier load than others with your same title.

5.0
19 May 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

The people are very nice, a collaborative culture rather than competitive, management cares about employees, a wonderful mix of clients that come back to HLW time and time again (which says a lot about the company), respected name in the industry, all offices have nice physical working spaces, specific focus on diversity and inclusion initiatives, solid benefits, and offers good work/life balance.

Cons

None that I can think of.

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