Great Place to get experience
Pros
The crew environment was great. I truly enjoyed working with everyone there. The work is very rewarding and you get to go to a wide range of sites across the whole state. You get a lot of different experience to add to your resume, and there are lots of opportunities to learn more skills. There are many different career paths you can choose to go down. The equipment is all super nice and well taken care of. Management is very supportive. During the busy season there is a lot of opportunities for overtime, and opportunities to go on work trips with per diem.
Cons
Since it is a large company, there is a sense of bureaucracy. Lots of paperwork and forms and training and everything is super formal. Sometimes there is a disconnect between project managers expectations and crews. The pay structure isn’t the best, and for how specialized the job is, the pay isn’t great. Raises and promotions come slow since it’s a large company. If you’re willing to stick around for awhile the raises and opportunities will come. The work can be infrequent and during the winter the hours are lacking and if there isn’t enough work people do get put on leave until springtime. The hours and days can be very long.
