Pros
Your experience at this firm will largely depend on the group you work for. Having worked at several offices and in different groups, I’ve found HNTB to be the best place I’ve ever worked at as well as the very worst. Stable leadership with a sustainable growth mindset. If on a good team, you will have a wonderful experience. Many folks work their entire careers at HNTB. 3 weeks vacation at start
Cons
If on a dysfunctional team, expect lots of long hours, verbal abuse and time cards that don’t reflect hours worked. Office leadership can often be slow to respond to these issues. Lousy benefits. Retirement matching is not very good. Company grew too fast in the past years and it has lost some of the culture that made it a great place to work. It has become very very top heavy. Offices are bursting at the seams with project managers that lack technical skills. Emphasis of only rewarding “Pursuit Champions” has a negative effect on technical level staff.
