Great Coworkers, Awful Job - Field Technician Onterris Employee Review

2.0
Mar 11, 2021
Recommend
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Pros

Understanding and amiable coworkers that fight for you when they can. Decent pay and benefits for an entry-level job that requires almost no prior knowledge or specific degree.

Cons

Extremely long and unpredictable hours. Travel percentage is generally well above the advertised rate. You are completely at the will of your project managers, who themselves are generally at the will of the plant managers who have zero respect for your time (Longest day I worked: 17 hours in cold, rainy conditions). Conditions are dangerous. Equipment often breaks down due to repeated use without maintenance (there is no position within most Montrose offices that focuses on diagnosing and maintaining equipment). Pulling up ~300 lbs of equipment anywhere between 60 and 300 ft is physically demanding and dangerous.

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Onterris Response
5y
We do hire the best and brightest and are teams work extremely well together. Honestly, it is why we are so successful. Glad to hear that you find our compensation and benefits package competitive. This is a consistent theme from our employees. Lots of travel is definitely a big part of our field tech roles and we do include that in the job posting and re-iterate during the interview process. I respect your point of view and will gladly consider and share with the team going forward. Kevin, SVP HR

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Pros

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

Cons

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Onterris Response
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Thank you for the feedback and market advice. Kevin SVP Human Resources
1.0
Jun 18, 2026
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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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