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Alta Planning + Design

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Low Pay, High Turnover, Poor Work/Life Balance - Anonymous employee Alta Planning + Design Employee Review

2.0
Oct 4, 2017
Anonymous employee
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Pros

The staff is generally motivated and passionate about what they do. Benefits package is robust and unique. My manager is flexible about working from home when needed.

Cons

- Low pay compared to other transportation consulting firms. - Workload varies widely from office to office but generally staff seems overworked and underpaid. >40hr work weeks are commonplace and I often feel guilty when I leave the office after 8 hours of work. - Project budgets are always tight - Company is tight-lipped about staffing changes. It’s common to come to work and find a coworker suddenly no longer works for the company. People are always leaving the company which makes it hard to maintain project staffing consistency. - Little to no interaction with upper management in terms of mentorship.

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5.0
Mar 21, 2025
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Pros

Everyone here is bought in and laser focused on the mission to improve our transportation infrastructure by creating better multimodal options for people to get where they want to go without driving. You won't meet a group of more inspired or passionate people about the work that we do. Beautiful downtown office space with stocked kitchen and amazing views. Flexible hybrid work environment, most people come in 2 days a week. Growth opportunity for high performers, if you work hard, your work will usually be recognized and opportunities will come. many leaders have been at the company and grown with it for a long time and are standard-bearers for the culture. constantly growing and adding headcount as well, the business is in good shape financially Truly a national firm so opportunities to work on projects and collaborate with experts in the field all over the country. Great PTO, wellness, bike, and commuter benefits.

Cons

The pace and nature of consulting isn't for everyone. Priorities and focus shift often, and you have to be adaptable and open to change

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4.0
Jul 15, 2026
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Pros

- Benefits are good and unique - Good PTO to start (22 days + 2 flex holidays, 9 holidays) - Wellness benefit and commenting benefit (up to $1,700 per year) are great. - Hybrid work schedule (2 in-office days, for now) - Work is fulfilling and very different than other companies - If you have the skillset, they will let you work across teams - the people are incredibly dynamic

Cons

- Owned by private equity - questionable management decisions from Trilon C Suite that filter down to Alta - Morale is a little low at times - Pushing RTO aggressively - too rigid with advancement opportunities - pay is below industry average, particularly in southeast - flexibility that managers had is going away with regard to work schedules and remote/hybrid

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