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Patrick Engineering

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Patrick Engineering reviews

3.8

65% would recommend to a friend

(72 total reviews)
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Alberto Cavaggioni

100% approve of CEO

67% positive business outlook

Patrick Engineering has an employee rating of 3.8 out of 5 stars, based on 72 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Patrick 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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72 reviews
4.0
May 23, 2014

Great Firm, But Needs to Make Some Re-adjustments

Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Wide range of project types and locations, very good middle management, impeccably good. Team leaders, and senior/project engineers are unmatched, and go well out of their way to help entry level staff learn and develop. Nice office spaces, outstanding marketing department, good starting salary, good connections with transportation entities.

Cons

Keeping things constructive here: -Vital Admin/HR roles have been reduced and overworked -Poor performance slips by unnoticed, good performance goes unrewarded Lots of these reviews say Top Heavy, and I disagree. It just seems top heavy because its shaped like an hour glass. The real problem is that there are not enough middle managers/engineers. Mid level engineers are overworked to the brink and leave, only to be replaced with entry level staff.

2.0
Jan 28, 2014
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

1. Clean, modern office building. 2. Aesthetically-pleasing, well-produced marketing literature. 3. There are still a number of capable, intelligent technical experts working in the various Business Groups.

Cons

1. Overtime is unpaid. 2. No cost-of-living salary adjustments, no bonuses. 3. Short-term metrics and utilization take priority over career development and professional training. 4. Questionable hiring practices; rampant nepotism/cronyism; lack of cultural diversity 5. Rampant micromanagement. 6. High percentage of involuntary turnover.

5.0
Aug 29, 2022

Highly Recommend

Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

I've been with Patrick for over 8 years and have been continually put in interesting and rewarding roles that suit my talents and passions. Though a smaller firm, it really packs a punch with the intelligent and "out of the box" thinkers. Through various times of change, they've always stayed to true to main core values of "Smart People. Bright Ideas. Powerful Results.". There is a mutual trust and loyalty with my managers, which I had not experienced at previous employers. Compensation and opportunities have been great. My experience is very different than the negative reviews on here, so much so that I created an account to write this.

Cons

Client diversification could be better. A little more communication regarding future direction and/or staff changes. However, Patrick is very self-aware. The cons are recognized and efforts are made to change for the better of its people/product and their clients.

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Patrick Engineering Response
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Thank you for sharing your employment experience here! We appreciate your contributions to our values and client success that are so important to us. I look forward to growing and incorporating new and varying clients in our future. Please let your division leadership or Human Resources know if you'd ever like to discuss other ideas for the organization. Sarah Sontheimer Director, Human Resources
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