With its own authentic culture, amazing people to work with, great office locations Dudek had a lot to offer in the past. Everything has changed after the original owner retired a couple of years ago. The new management doesn’t care about anything but profit. DUDEK culture is dead. Many great, highly professional and knowledgeable employees have left, were let go, or are looking for a job. The rest of dudekians that still remember DUDEK’s “good old days” is very frustrated. Bullying, misogyny, and xenophobia thrive. Personal, psychological, sexual harassment doesn’t get punished for ages, if ever (it was shocking to be yelled at by the group manager who seems to have anger management problem; it’s never happened to me before, and I do not want to experience it again).
Group managers are appointed to their positions not based on their experience, knowledge and management skills but on personal relationships with the upper managers. As a result, many groups are led by the people NOT professional in that area (as one of the previous reviews mentioned, biology and cultural resources groups are led by CEQA professionals).
It’s a good place for entry level professional who tries to get his/her foot in the door. The company is quite big and you get to work with variety of people and projects. But once you learn enough to get a better job, LEAVE. Do not stay there too long; your efforts will never be appreciated or compensated.
