NV5 reviews

3.1

51% would recommend to a friend

(456 total reviews)

Dickerson Wright

38% approve of CEO

46% positive business outlook

NV5 has an employee rating of 3.1 out of 5 stars, based on 456 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The NV5 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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456 reviews
5.0
Aug 3, 2025

Good Company

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Good management, competitive pay, friendly coworkers

Cons

Flexible Time Off policy is a joke, Paid parental leave would be nice

1.0
Jul 31, 2025
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

You can work remotely, get a paycheck, and insurance.

Cons

Absolute worst company to work for. They only care to please the shareholders and you’ll get cut if you don’t conform to NV5. Whether you come on board as an NV5 employee or are acquired, there’s very little training and every business unit operates their own way. There are no consistent processes across all verticals and management is completely disconnected from the employees doing the work. They recently migrated into Vantagepoint and use it inefficiently. Everything in finance is a rush to get done and there’s too much manual work because “that’s the way they do things”. It’s pretty sad that such a large company operates siloed and inefficient. Don’t waste your time interviewing at this place, or if you get acquired, look for another job ASAP. They said there would be no changes the first year after acquiring a new company but that’s a lie. Processes changed and people got fired.

3.0
Jul 22, 2025

Pros and Cons both

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Opportunity to develop new clients, Many Great People, Friendly and collegial work environment, Supportive Marketing Team, flexible WFH and W/L Balance

Cons

-401K - Annual Match is at firm's discretion and is mostly in unvested stock - there was no match in my tenure -Bonus - ALL in stock with a 3-year vest, and for most people is ONLY vested if you stay for 3 years - even if laid off it is company's option whether or not to vest the stock -Constant Acquisitions upend contacts in other groups -Firings - I'd never worked anywhere where so many mid to upper-level people (around the country) with whom I worked were fired for not meeting goals (I'm not talking about layoffs) - Unrealistic utilization goals (as a department manager I was expected to be 80% billable AND manage my team, department financials, AND develop all my own business for my group)

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