LJA Engineering reviews

4.3

93% would recommend to a friend

(261 total reviews)

James Ross, PE

92% approve of CEO

94% positive business outlook

LJA Engineering has an employee rating of 4.3 out of 5 stars, based on 261 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an excellent working experience there. The LJA Engineering 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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261 reviews
2.0
Nov 3, 2008
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Typicall speaking LJA is very flexible when comes to work schedule. They refuse to implement a half day friday or every other Friday off but outside of that they will work with your schedule. They have a very generous bonus structure but you have to wait all year to see what it will be. Considering salaries are lower than the norm waiting for your bonus can create a poor work environment inside the company. The bonus helps counter the lower than norm salaries but what happens in year where LJA doesn't do as well. Do their employees take the hit so senior managment still gets their bonus. This year 2008 everyone will find out.

Cons

Management heavily favors certain individuals within the company and it is well known come time for promotions and bonuses. Hard work has very little impact on this structure. Also, this company is not very well organized. They are not sure if they want to be big or small so the do what benefits senior management. Senior managment sometimes trusts certain individuals which may not performing in a profficient manner for the company. In other words they should probably do a better job to audit themselves throughout the company to make sure business is operating efficiently The land developement division is heavily favored over all others.

2.0
May 16, 2024

Seems nice until you dig deeper

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Flexibility with Start Time, Low Health Insurance Deductible and nice laptops.

Cons

the yearly bonus is minimal. They love throwing pizza parties instead of paying fairly. The company is run like a small business, with a gossipy environment, including leadership. There is a separation of states policy that allows each office to run independently, which is not viable for a rapidly growing company. Ultra-conservative company (it's like working for the "good ol' boys"). Large percentage of Aggies. No 401K match, ( they try to sell you on the ESOP to replace the 401K but you can't diversify a 401K and pull money out for an emergency. With ESOP EVERYTHING is with the company and you have to quit or retire to cash out.

5.0
Nov 19, 2019
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

If you are a new graduate recently coming out of college this is one of the best places you could ever land on. This is a company focused on giving you all the tools needed to grow, they are constantly trying to push you to be better and learn more and more, even the company itself is growing at an astonishing pace, which opens the field for new employees to actually be able to do a career inside the company. Overall it has an awesome work enviroment.

Cons

To be honest, none that I can think of.

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