Great place to start out of college, needs more promoting from within. - Senior Piping Designer Bechtel Employee Review

3.0
Feb 5, 2013
Recommend
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Pros

-Ok pay (does not keep up with industry standards) -Great vacation time (4 weeks the day you start) -Immediate co-workers are friendly - 9/80 schedule (off every other Friday) with flex scheduling (can come in any time between 6:30-8:30a.m. and leave by 4:00-6:00p.m.

Cons

-Upper management does not listen to its employee’s ideas or concerns -Must be willing to move frequently (work comes and goes ALOT) -Takes many many many many years to be promoted within -Bonuses are very limited and small -No guaranteed salary (must hunt for a “job charge code”) and hope that the allow you to charge to them for the day. -Layoffs/instability has been common for the last 4 years.

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Cons

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Pros

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Cons

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