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      Hatch

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      3.7

      68% would recommend to a friend

      (1,330 total reviews)
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      John Bianchini

      66% approve of CEO

      54% positive business outlook

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      Hatch has an employee rating of 3.7 out of 5 stars, based on 1,330 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Hatch employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Energy, Mining & Utilities industry (3.7 stars).

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      2.0
      Mar 11, 2014

      Lesson learned

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Salary, benefits. (see note on vacations in Cons).

      Cons

      - Hatch is like a modern day sweatshop - only difference is that they do engineering/consulting work. Everything is driven by project work for clients. Once there are no projects, you are out of there .(HR may try to tell they otherwise - that they are employee focused, and they value their resources, etc., etc.) - You spend too much time learning *hatch-isms* - would be better off learning generic technology, but Hatch's system is so convoluted, you get lost trying to keep up. - Have to give up ~10 vacation days each season for Christmas shutdown! What??? - Late evening/night meetings -> this is OK except there is no official way to account for the time spent working extra time.

      1.0
      Feb 17, 2014

      No clue

      Director
      Recommend
      CEO approval
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      Pros

      Once you are an associate and/or shareholder, the compensation is obscene. If it were earned, it would not be so obscene, but many of the people who reach this level did so out of pure tenure, not by merit.

      Cons

      See above. Very few people in this company deserve to be where they are in seniority and compensation. Hatch and upper management are asleep at the wheel.

      4.0
      Sep 2, 2010

      The good the bad and the .......

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
      CEO approval
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      Pros

      The company is employee owed and has a very attractive share valuation which makes the ownership of shares a worthwhile goal. As a result of this there are a large number of proffessionals in the company that have spent a longer (than I suspect is normal in the industry) amount of time as permanent employees of Hatch (10+ years). This builds a strong network in the company of competant individuals which usually ensures world class teams to be proposed for an impressivly wide range of projects in the metals, infrastructure and energy industries. A single bottom line approach to revenue and profits promotes knowledge transfer as well as "worksharing" accross offices and time zones. Worksharing allows the company to scale up capacity on projects that require this by sharing work with employees in other reigions (Toronto to Brisbane) as optimising the utilization of employees for billable work is a key variable in the company and has a massive impact on profitability. Being employee owned the company benefits from the mind set of a typical shareholder that intimately understands the cyclical nature of the business. This means that seemingly (to people close to the business) rash decisions driven by institutional investors and/or corporate activity or for that matter market sentiment have little to no effect on the company and its strategy. It is felt that a strong focus on quality, honesty, safety and competence in challenging work drives the repeat business the company enjoys.

      Cons

      With recent (in terms of Hatch's existance) expansion into Africa and Australia and the even more recent resources boom there has been a tendancy to move people around the world to fill positions on projects in other offices rather than employ locals at higher salaries than perhaps their experience warrants. Whilst this is a positive to those looking to travel, it often leads to large gaps in the local offices once the people inevitably & understandably decide to return home after 3, 5 or 10 year stints in other countries. This has created issues in developing local market penetration as continuity and individual trust is a major cornerstone in the repeat work Hatch tries to gather from clients. Additionally it can create a perception to some that unless your career started in certain preferred reigions there is a limited career path in the company. As I say this is a perception and only time will tell if it is in fact a reality as the younger crop of Hatchlings matures. Despite the multidisciplinary environment that the projects we work on provide often individuals report to a "discipline lead" who is recognised as an expert in their field of speciality. Your advancement through the ranks and the opportunites presented rely heavily on the relationship with this person. Unfortunately, your performance on projects is not always reported back to your discipline lead and because often you do not work closely with them on a day to day basis their perception of you is not always as insightful as it could and should be.

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