Syska Hennessy Reviews

3.8

71% would recommend to a friend

(181 total reviews)
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Cyrus Izzo

59% approve of CEO

62% positive business outlook

Syska Hennessy has an employee rating of 3.8 out of 5 stars, based on 181 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Syska Hennessy 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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181 reviews
1.0
5 May 2017

Not Good

Recommend
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Pros

It's a lucky day if you get a free lunch paid for by the company. It's in the same offices as Viacom and it's not so bad. You can feed off Viacom's positive outlook given out by their employees. A handful of people don't micro-manage and a few have a positive outlook. If you can find them, stick with them if not don't apply here and just move on. It's not worth it.

Cons

There aren't a lot of pros here in this company. They need to update everything is this company and that includes attitude and outlook for the future of this corporation. There are a handful that are optimistic and look for this change but change doesn't happen when there isn't any teamwork. There is a lot of drama and excessive micro-managing that take up a lot of work time. Firm says it supports work-life balance and flex schedule but they don't. They get you in there but then they get you working longer hours and they don't even support working remotely. The two presidents need to take a walk around the office a little more and interact with their people and they will see in their employees faces and demeanor that all is not well in their work place. Maybe they already know that, and that's why they don't really care to take the time to talk to everyone.

3.0
14 Feb 2018

Engineer IV

Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Great place to start your career and a lot of opportunities to learn. Got promoted about every 2 years. But you get more responsibilities with little money.

Cons

Very low salaries, especially for the hard work you put in. Amount of responsibilities/work do not equate to the right amount of compensation. There are a lot of office politics involved. You have to "know" your management in order to get special treatment. Felt like those who were "in the crowd" had more perks than others and were more likely to be recognized. There are times when there is no work at all and times where you are expected to get a deadline out no matter the cost (50 hrs/week). Management seems to only care about themselves. Even after about 5 senior engineers retired/left, I have no clue how the company doesn't have enough money to give us better salaries. That's like half a million dollars in salaries that could have been split up to raise our compensation. Sometimes you are ignored for a certain opportunity, just because you don't have experience in one area.

4.0
1 July 2015

Great firm in NYC

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

High end MEP consulting firm.

Cons

Salary advancement may be slow.

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