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      HDR

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      4.1

      79% would recommend to a friend

      (1,809 total reviews)
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      John W. Henderson

      89% approve of CEO

      86% positive business outlook

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      HDR has an employee rating of 4.1 out of 5 stars, based on 1,809 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an excellent working experience there. The HDR employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Construction, Repair & Maintenance Services industry (3.7 stars).

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      2K reviews
      2.0
      Aug 1, 2017

      Good place to work if you like incompetent upper level management

      Field supervisor
      Recommend
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      Pros

      Great benefits. Lots of good equipment. Field staff largely excellent. Pay was decent but nothing special. Office has plenty of parking.

      Cons

      Management is aloof. HDR is big and has gobbled up so many small firms that corporate culture just doesn't get the reality of field-based research and work. HR is gossip central so watch out. OT rules are vindictive and probably illegal. Worked 70 hours in one week but 1 hour was billed to overhead? Enjoy your 40 hours of pay. Work 70 and bill none to overhead? Get 70 hours of pay! Management (local) asked us to lie on our time sheets, I assume in order to keep the corporate hawks in Omaha away.

      1.0
      Mar 3, 2016

      Contract employees

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
      CEO approval
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      Pros

      Project managers were generally nice to work for and assist.

      Cons

      Lack of support, respect, empathy, and fair treatment from immediate management for contract employees in support roles. This was extremely disappointing and disheartening to experience.

      1.0
      Dec 15, 2012

      It was a great firm...until greed took over

      Executive
      Recommend
      CEO approval
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      Pros

      The company was great right after the managers (in 1996) bought themselves back from Bouygues ownership - a French construction firm. Now that many of these fabulous people (CEO especially)have retired a new executive rank is clueless about the great culture that "was" and all they are focused on is making money for themselves - at other's expense. The stock price has gone up well but it would have been double the value had there not been a stock appreciation program for a select few. The corporate execs use the compnay plane for their own use so if you are part of this crowd it is a nice perk. I know - I was.

      Cons

      The compensation package over-rewards executives at the expense of the rank and file. It is the "emperor has no clothes" syndrom because most current upper & middle management are afraid to speak up. Many long-term employees are just hanging on until they can cash out - in the next few years. The new Engineering Company President is a "political" player and this is how he got appointed - by trashing other candidates. Most of the best people were leading the marketing program and they have been driven away after they grew the firm - many now working at other firms and taking the good employees and building a buisness there. The grown has peaked and has been flat for 5 years. It is sad to see how money changes some people - especially when they were in a position to be generous.

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