Great place learn and gain experience, pay is good, room for advancement; however, the company can tire you. - Engineer III Pape-Dawson Employee Review

3.0
Nov 29, 2011
Recommend
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Pros

- Great experience - Opportunities to grow within company - Respected firm in the engineering community - Professional environment - Good pay - Encourage continuing education - Great benefits (free medical) - 401k (100% vested after 4 years) - overtime pay

Cons

Cons are more about the engineering profession as a whole and not really about the company. Just the way it is - Fast paced environment - Stressed out project managers; Project Managers can be rude at times - Last minute tasks/duties/deadlines that require you to work overtime with no heads up - At times, unrealistic deadlines; as a result, always at work. 10-12 hour work days are a norm.

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5.0
Jun 11, 2026
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Pros

Great place and quality work.

Cons

Not too many cons honestly.

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Pape-Dawson Response
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We appreciate you taking the time to leave us a positive review! It’s great to know you are having a wonderful experience working at Pape-Dawson.
3.0
May 12, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Supportive workers Events Good quality

Cons

-Manager and higher ups can’t bring project from Houston -Projects borrowed from San Antonio -Not Balanced, too many employees, too less projects, no work sometimes, somtimes too much pressure. -Office politics -Bad female manager in houston office -Combined with another company costello, has some politics going on, costello workers were friendly

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Pape-Dawson Response
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Feedback from employees is important for our growth as a company, and we appreciate you taking the time to leave a review.
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