Environmental Engineer 1 - Environmental Engineer I Tetra Tech Employee Review

4.0
Nov 15, 2016
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

The people are nice. If you are family-oriented, schedules are flexible. I think that 23 days off, including 7 already determined holidays, is all right, but I had better with an internship elsewhere. 50% retirement matching up to 6%. I know several employees who end up working under contractor through Tetra Tech and work part-time because of family.

Cons

The work is fairly boring and repetitive. I thought my first job out of school would be more interesting, and I don't really see where you would advance other than slowly getting raises while doing the same work monthly and yearly - but this is compliance work. I felt like I was lied to during the in-person interview about the actual responsibilities. Get here, and was disappointed. No sick days. No one seems to care about my professional development. No trainings like I had expected. I want to get the 40 hour HAZWOPPER, but you only get training as soon as you need it. Seems like it would be a crunch (or I just would be looked over) if I was needed elsewhere in an actual engineering project within the company.

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5.0
May 3, 2026
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Pros

Good culture, reasonable expectations for position duties

Cons

Difficult to receive any out of cycle raises/promotions

3.0
Apr 19, 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Hired as a "fire-hire," the position is disaster based and 100% travel so you get to travel domestically paid for by the company. When working, pay is good, you can make a lot very quickly with overtime. Being part-time, I can take time-off whenever I want for as long as I want.

Cons

For my position, no natural disasters = no work. Living out of a hotel for months SUCKs and burn-out is real as you could be working 7 days a week, 12 hours a day for months on end. There's no added compensation for taking on an on-site lead position even though the workload triples. As a part-time employee, you have to pay more for benefits when working versus not working. There's a huge disconnect between part-time employees in the field and the full-time employees that do office work and upper management. Part-time workers are not prioritized unless they're willing to do whatever is thrown at them without complaints. The employee turn-over rate in the field is crazy.

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