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Farnsworth Group Inc

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2.0
Nov 27, 2016
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Pros

I negotiated for a high wage in the interview. Only to find out I was being paid far more than multi-year employees. Benefits are good. They give you a years worth of everything from the start. Most companies don't do this. And no 90 day period. But that's probably because of their high turnover rate. They realized offering this as an incentive would keep people.

Cons

Travel... they'll say 80%, that really means 100% or as I call it, my entire life. The company continually wants you to pay for expenses that will be reimbursed at a later time. In all honesty I thought it was some sort of a ponzi scheme at the start. Rarely do employers ask me for my own personal cash? I spent a grand, made 3 grand, then quit. I feel sorry for those who didn't do it in the manner I did. They probably lost out. Hotel rooms, food, gas, shipping cost all at your own expense. While being lectured why aren't you willing to pay? Whats wrong with you? Don't you care about our company? Enjoy your overtime by the way. 65 hours is mandatory. If you don't you'll be fired, or forced into quitting.

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5.0
Jun 7, 2026
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Pros

Great work environment and exposure to different areas of experience.

Cons

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2.0
Jan 20, 2026
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Pros

- Colleagues - Lots of work, so lots of experience - Admin staff - Basic benefits like anywhere else - Monthly phone stipend - Company vehicle for traveling to job sites

Cons

- Remote work became less and less tolerated (even if work was being completed) - Pay was stagnant and only received inflation-related raises. To put some context, our hourly fees increased about 10-15% each year for inflation and miscellaneous factors, and our pay only increased 9% total in three years. - Always encouraged to work extra hours to meet deadlines, however, no overtime pay. - Year end bonuses were abysmal for the first two years even after record breaking revenues those years. At a point, there was no incentive to work harder if the year end bonus was only going to be f i v e h u n d r e d dollars compared to the thousands upper management was receiving on top of profit sharing. - Profit sharing: only a select few within company are invited - Management: Some managers took the job way too seriously, micromanaging and feeling them breathe on your neck. It clearly showed how little they knew about managing individuals and only cared about profits and how many hours were used on a project. - Saw more HR hires rather than engineer hires to help balance work loads - Constant pressure on our time sheets and making us move time away from general and into projects…

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