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Great opportunities, lack of boundaries, not competitive pay - Project Engineer Geosyntec Consultants Employee Review

2.0
Jul 12, 2022
Recommend
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Pros

You will have the opportunity to work on unique projects and work across the company and country with subject matter experts. Lots of opportunity to work hard and earn amazing clients. Lots of exposure to the engineering industry.

Cons

The company pays entry level technical staff and mid-level staff about 20-30% less than market rate as an annual salary but will give you a sizable bonus at the end of the year that does not cover your overtime hours and the below market rate pay. You will donate your personal time to make projects and budgets work for the company. Managers and leadership are extremely arrogant across the company. The lack of diversity tends to manifest the same, old school bad behavior known within the engineering industry. Lots of opportunities for growth; however, rarely are the opportunities taken advantage of by management to effect real change. Across the company, administrative and support staff are treated poorly and rarely praised for doing a good job. High turnover has been an issue for years but management has not made significant changes based on employee exit reviews. Budgets are tight; people resources are limited on most projects. To move up, the business model requires that all technical staff sell, manage, do meaning you will be doing/running/winning projects like you are running your own business, without the rewards of running your own business. Annual reviews are time consuming and are used as a justification to not promote staff, instead of documentation of performance, resetting staff focus, and goals for the next review period.

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5.0
May 1, 2026
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Pros

Well run and well-respected overall

Cons

Only the cons typically associated with the env consulting field, nothing company-specific

4.0
Jul 8, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

There is a lot of variety of work available for those seeking it and eager to diversify their skill set. Cross collaboration between groups, offices, and practices is highly encouraged. It has been a unique experience among other consulting firms I’ve worked at, as Geosyntec prizes doing cool work on cool projects over just trying to maximize how much money is coming in. The atmosphere doesn’t feel internally competitive, and there isn’t generally a sense of possessiveness of work amongst managers and working groups. Many projects I’ve been on have been multidisciplinary efforts with teams assembled from all over to get the right people in the right position on each project, regardless of who may be the “profit center” for the revenue.

Cons

Sometimes, because of the pros described above, organization of projects can feel a little stretched thin, and the consequence of such collaboration and cross-team work sharing can sometimes lead to a lacking of accountability in the leadership structure on a project, as people are performing work for other groups and managers they do not directly or indirectly report to. Additionally, I feel like the company is a little top heavy on senior managers, principals, and senior principals, and it can feel as a mid-career employee that there isn’t enough early-mid career support on projects.

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