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Short Elliott Hendrickson

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Short Elliott Hendrickson reviews

4.2

90% would recommend to a friend

(106 total reviews)
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David Ott

91% approve of CEO

85% positive business outlook

Short Elliott Hendrickson has an employee rating of 4.2 out of 5 stars, based on 106 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an excellent working experience there. The Short Elliott Hendrickson 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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106 reviews
2.0
May 3, 2017
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Pros

Most employees are good people

Cons

Company is structured like a caste system. Order of importance is 1) male engineers, 2) male other, 3) female engineers; 4) all other females. Company offers what seem to be great benefits until you read the fine print. The company is run by micromanagers. The company has more rules and regulations than the IRS. Beware.

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Short Elliott Hendrickson Response
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I appreciate your review of SEH. Our employees really are our greatest asset. I would agree that our employees are good people. We strive to make sure SEH is a great work environment for everybody, and to make sure everyone has a voice. Thank you for leaving your feedback. I invite you to contact me personally to talk about any concerns. Yours truly, Sam Claassen CEO
4.0
Jan 17, 2017

What it is like to work at SEH

Anonymous employee
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Pros

SEH promotes a healthy work life balance for all employee owners. It has given me the ability to be a professional and still attend to my family needs. The atmosphere is pretty casual. You never feel as though someone is looking over your shoulder. Everyone comes and goes at different times of the day and that is something that is a norm. You also have the ability to perform your job remotely as needed, which in my case has proven to be a huge benefit. The leaders that I work with have all been very welcoming and willing to help train me in the industry which has been instrumental in me getting up to speed. SEH also offers an employee stock option for all employee owners. I haven't yet seen the payment since it doesn't take affect until you hit your 2nd year of service, but it is truly a great benefit to have and I look forward to taking part in that.

Cons

We do have some people in leadership that don't exhibit leadership model skills, but that is at every company. We do have some great training programs in place internally, that probably are not utilized to the extent they should be for those leaders to improve. One other thing the organization could get better at is holding some of those leaders accountable.

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Short Elliott Hendrickson Response
9y
Thank you for taking the time to leave a review of SEH. Work-life balance really is one of the most important attributes of working at SEH. Likewise, the employee stock ownership program is one of the most sought-after benefits of working here. When our Company succeeds, we all succeed. I appreciate your comments. Please feel free to talk to me personally to discuss any concerns you might have. Yours truly, Sam Claassen CEO
2.0
Nov 5, 2016

Recent Graduate Civil Engineer

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Pros

I worked out of one of their smaller offices as a recent civil engineering graduate with my EIT. I feel that the starting pay was fair and the benefits were good. They also get a variety of different projects, so the work seemed to stay interesting. Most of the people were friendly, and I was lucky to find a project manager who took me under his wing, and eventually helped me move on to a different company with more opportunity.

Cons

Unfortunately it took me a while to realize that the director of my department was treating me like his secretary. I would draft meeting agendas for him, take notes during his meetings, type up minutes, edit reports, make copies of things... it was very rare for me to do any actual civil engineering design outside of AutoCAD markups. I knew if I stayed there, I wouldn't get the experience I needed to eventually pass my PE exam.

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