Hatch reviews

Frustrating contradictions. On the one hand, they now want to work "Lean" - on the other hand, they have you wade through hundreds, yes, hundreds, of PLP documents to get procedures on how to do things. On the one hand, Saskatoon office wants to diversify into oil and gas - on the other hand, they laid off the only people in the office who had significant experience in oil and gas. On the one hand, they want employees to pick up and move around the world at a moments notice - on the other hand, they can't be bothered to sort out things like work permits for other countries. One of my co-workers found himself scrambling to do this himself at the last minute after agreeing to work in one of the American offices. The iPas system is a joke, finding anything on it is very time consuming. They like to think of themselves as a cream of the crop company, but they are really just average, using lower-paid junior employees to command premium level compensation from clients. A bit cliquish - I only worked in two of the Hatch offices, but both seemed like high school, with in-groups, outcasts, and not much in between

Management flies completely by the seat of its pants. There is no business development strategy, no proactive client strategy, client relationships are all over the place Minimal non-technical training to help us become better business people as well as engineers Investments are for pet projects of the board Being in the board's personal circle is a guarantee of employment for life.