Work Life Balance Non-existant - Project Technician Tetra Tech Employee Review

2.0
Mar 25, 2022
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Lots of overtime, good starting point in your career if you don't have family or hobbies.

Cons

Be prepared to work insanely long hours in the summer with little to no feedback. If you don't mind having no life, this is the job for you. Starting wage for a civil tech is not bad, but room for advancing seemed very limited. Also be prepared to be sent to remote locations in the middle of winter, by yourself, even if it's terrible weather and road conditions. They don't care about your personal life, and turnover has been a huge issue over the past few years. Hardly any experienced PMs, and junior staff are typically left to figure out things on their own. It's your typical construction job, so there is also alot of standby and sitting in your vehicle waiting for the next task to do. Other times, you're on your feet for 12+hours a day. Consistency and regular are not two words you will come by at this job. No bonuses either.

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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
Business Outlook

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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