I would NOT recommend working at MONTROSE - Engineer Onterris Employee Review

1.0
May 27, 2020
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Convenient office location (Irvine office).

Cons

1) Significantly underpaid compared with other environmental companies. Look elsewhere and check salary range in your area. 2) The individual technical divisions are overseen by essentially a financial firm, not by engineers or people with technical expertise. Corporate sets guidelines and makes decisions with little knowledge of the engineering profession or of field-specific issues. 3) Overall, higher level finance & corporate executives don’t care about technical staff, so watch your back.

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Onterris Response
5y
We are proud of the expertise and experience all of our people bring to their roles and would not be where we are today without each and every employee. With our unique strategy of acquiring environmental businesses that are led by industry experts, we are able to leverage both their experience technically as well as their knowledge of establishing and growing a successful environmental business. It is through the guidance of these leaders that we strategized in becoming a full-service environmental company that has diversified its offerings for our client base. We continue to develop and deliver new programs for employee development including compensation benchmarking, career progression and training. Your feedback is invaluable as we strive to improve for our teams.

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5.0
Jun 25, 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Company is highly adaptable. Maintains agility even though the company large. Upper management supports and encourages employee involvement.

Cons

Being a publicly traded company hinders some type of growth due to burdensome overhead.

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Onterris Response
1w
Thank you for the feedback and market advice. Kevin SVP Human Resources
1.0
Jun 18, 2026
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Prior to our company's acquisition with MEG/Onterris, the company had a strong culture, supportive leadership, and employees who genuinely cared about one another and the success of the business.

Cons

If your company has been acquired, pay close attention to employee reviews and take them seriously. I did, and many of the concerns raised turned out to be accurate. Employees were repeatedly assured that the acquisition would create new opportunities and that jobs were secure. In my experience, that was not the reality. Long-tenured employees were gradually pushed out while similar positions were later reposted with modified titles or responsibilities. The former ownership ultimately lost control of decisions despite assurances that little would change. Employees with years of institutional knowledge spent years implementing new procedures, documenting procedures, learning the new system, and navigating disorganized Workday implementations with minimal support. Much of the guidance consisted of being directed to read instructions on the intranet. If you are in a finance position they will let you go! They will tell you they want it all centralized in Arkansas but that's not true, there are plenty of people working remote but you will be pushed out no matter how long you've been with your company. This not only affected me but our entire team was wiped out. They didn't give us a heads up in advance to look for anything for 2 years we were told everyone was safe and I believed them. Keep an eye out for the constant restructuring of upper management as well.

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Onterris Response
1w
Thank you for a decade of contribution, and for sharing this so candidly. Change of this scale asks a lot of trust from employees, and we recognize that. We take feedback like yours seriously as we work to communicate more clearly through transitions and support the people navigating them. We'd genuinely value hearing more directly please contact our HR team at HRCorp@onterris.com so we can listen fully. Kevin Gill, SVP, HR
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