Pros
Decent pay and benefits as an employee-owned company. Work is interesting and varied. There is little micro-management and the dress is business casual when not in the field. You get to try lots of different job tasks in many different parts of Oregon and Washington. There are lot of committees that you can get on to voice your opinion, from technology to sustainability. There numerous people I have met over the years who started off in the environmental or geotechnical profession with Hart Crowser.
Cons
Senior management is made up primarily of geotechnical engineers, and the environmental section has relied too strongly on state contracts and only a couple large clients, making environmental work feast-or-famine. There is a serious disconnect between the Seattle headquarters and satellite offices, despite years of attempting to bridge that gap. Continuing education and training is weak to non-existent. The Portland office has very weak leadership and, in my opinion, will continue to increase unit losses as they don't have a strong business development group.