HDR reviews

I completely agree with the following posts: -on 03/09/12 "Disappointing" -on 02/19/12 "Incompetent Senior Management" -on 12/30/11 "Save Yourself - Look Elsewhere" -on 11/09/11 "“Ability and effort..playing politics" I agree; it was the worst nightmare I could possibly imagine at a job. There are several grossly mismanaged departments led by staff who have been with the company for less than 5 years. I was very disheartened when I discovered a senior manager (regional leader) was not familiar with the concept of "Deputy Project Manager." In the engineering field, I think we all value the distinction between a DPM and PM, don't we? I too was faced with having to deal with a lack of respect and lack of common courtesy. I agree that only those who are willing to play politics with upper management and try to be "one of the boys" will be successful. If you find yourself in a well-managed department, you are very fortunate. But why take the risk? In the environmental planning industry, there are many other firms that know how to function much more efficiently and effectively than the environmental planning group in this firm. Other firms know much more about what needs to be done for typical engineering projects.

Long hours are to be expected but that differs by office where 60+ hour work weeks are the norm for one and others have a normal work week and will change with deadlines. Getting pigeon holed is very common, not a place to advance in one's career unless they move away from HDR or a certain office and return. HDR is a newcomer in terms of producing the newest and greatest, there so much bureaucracy that it slows the reaction to any type of change. If one has good ideas or methods to improve workflow, it won't be done in any timely fashion.