Worst place I've ever worked - Senior Specialist Tetra Tech Employee Review

1.0
Feb 23, 2020
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Pay was meh. Barely a pro.

Cons

Let's see: Onboarding was treated as an afterthought. The interview process was actually longer and changed on the fly at the whims of upper management. A bunch of old white guys who think they're doing the lord's work because they were in the Peace Corps. Now, they pull down 6 figures and have grad students do the grunt work. Mid-level colleagues were quick to throw others under the bus. My peers in my department treated meetings like gossip sessions. I cannot in good conscience recommend this place to anyone.

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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
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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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