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Alta Planning + Design

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Alta Planning + Design reviews

3.5

62% would recommend to a friend

(80 total reviews)

Brett Hondorp

85% approve of CEO

61% positive business outlook

Alta Planning + Design has an employee rating of 3.5 out of 5 stars, based on 80 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Alta Planning + Design employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Construction, Repair & Maintenance Services industry (3.7 stars).

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80 reviews
2.0
Jun 6, 2016
Recommend
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Pros

Smart, intelligent colleagues Employees are passionate about improving active transportation in communities

Cons

Most toxic work environment ever experienced Routine negative messaging from management Short sighted and retaliatory management style Zero transparency Compensation far below industry standard Learning environment is trial by fire Did not feel valued as an employee Felt that they valued the amount of work you won (e.g. $$$ brought in) and not the quality of your work

5.0
Jan 1, 2016

Committed Staff and Management

Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Cool projects, dedicated staff and management, quality clients and unique benefits. Alta employees are incredibly passionate about what we do and they deliver high quality above and beyond what our clients expect. While this sometimes leads to tight budgets the payoff in happy clients and cool projects is worth it.

Cons

Some employees feel work life balance may be out of balance at times and the company works hard to be sure all of its managers make this a priority for all employees. Sometimes project deadlines make this a difficult thing to accomplish but flexibility in where and how people work makes up the difference.

3.0
Dec 30, 2015

Interesting but stressful

Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Very interesting project types, knowledgeable and passionate coworkers, flexible schedules, room for advancement within the company, cross-office cooperation works well.

Cons

Small project budgets; managers want to provide extras for clients within these tiny budgets (and if employees need to complete these tasks while not billing to any project then so be it); employees are expected to bring in a certain amount of project work every year and to remain highly billable at the same time (meaning lots of extra, unbillable hours); employees can be expected to be available all days/hours via email, text, cell phone; salaries on the low end; principals don't prioritize face-to-face contact among employees at geographically separated offices.

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