HDR reviews

I worked with what I possibly thought was the worst supervisor that I have ever had. Horrible micromanager. Very condescending. Thought they were better than others. I left after three months of working under this supervisor. One example I can give was I mentioned after I was hired that I wanted to know what I needed to do to be promoted to a senior position, to be developed further than just doing accounting. I was told to just learn my job, but curiously enough I was hired in my position because they needed someone who knew the job. It didn't make sense to me.

It took me 3-4 months to interview and negotiate a salary. That was the first red flag. I took a pay cut to lead the effort in starting HDR's first (and only) process R&D facility. I also uprooted my entire life in another state to work for them. Moving costs they provided were unreasonably low, but I made it work. The process R&D facility was successful (the one client we had was very impressed), but upper management decided that they didn't want to have anything to do with it. And to top it off, my supervisor took all the credit, even though I did the majority of the work. And the final straw - I got the facility up and running while 90%+ of the office employees were working from home because of COVID. When I caught wind that upper management basically decided that they didn't want the research facility, my supervisor made my life a living hell. I was forced to give him a super detailed account of my hours and what I was billing, and I had nothing to bill, so they pretty much forced me out. I would've posted this review sooner, but I rarely go out of my way to share my work experience, and this is very cathartic. I had to post it somewhere, and whether or not it helps anyone else, it makes me feel better, and relieved a little bit.