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Farnsworth Group Inc

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Doesn't matter how much you work... it's never enough - Land Surveyor Farnsworth Group Inc Employee Review

1.0
Dec 18, 2019
Recommend
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Pros

My boss was a nice guy., He knew after a week that I was greatly discouraged with the company. He tried his best. I'll admit that. Also, when I left HR wanted to know why I was leaving so quickly. I asked them for $500 for a debriefing exit interview. They paid it. I told them what was wrong compared to other engineering firms I had worked for and they seemed to be listening intently.

Cons

Enjoy 60 hr weeks. Then the meeting on the next Monday saying they need more. During interview this was discussed and I was promised no more than 45 hours a week. I quit when I worked 60 hours in Indiana (3 states from home, 3rd month of 60+hr/week) and was diverted on my drive home to Tennessee for another project."I need a day off man, I'm sorry" "You don't divert we need to talk about your future with the company" "Fine" Sundays are off days.... this never happened. You'll notice right away based on the attitudes of your co-workers. They all have family problems. Stress levels are insanely high.

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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
Recommend
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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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