Good Work Life Balance; Opportunities Scarce - Project Controls Engineer Bechtel Employee Review

3.0
Dec 31, 2014
Recommend
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Pros

- great benefits and salary - good work life balance - they care about their employees and are supportive of any needs - great reputation in the construction industry

Cons

- recently, the projects/positions are scarce - not a lot of growth in the US - tasks subdivided among disciplines with poor hand-offs; work walled off making it difficult to get things done - good ole boy network with poor promotion decisions - no long-term planning by upper management, rather rash decision and last minute reactions

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Pros

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Cons

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4.0
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Pros

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Cons

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