TYLin reviews

3.5

57% would recommend to a friend

(244 total reviews)
avatar

Matthew G. Cummings

74% approve of CEO

49% positive business outlook

TYLin has an employee rating of 3.5 out of 5 stars, based on 244 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The TYLin employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Construction, Repair & Maintenance Services industry (3.7 stars).

Reviews by job title

244 reviews
2.0
Jan 6, 2016

part time

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

good big boss that was easy to work with

Cons

unfortunately i was working under a terrible boss

3.0
Oct 29, 2015

Meh

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Beautiful office overlooking the Bay Bridge. Good health benefits.

Cons

No paid sick time and only 2 weeks of PTO/year. Low salaries, especially if you are not an engineer. Old engineer men running the place, but most employees are younger than 35 (I guess they do that so they can underpay the people actually doing the work).

1.0
Oct 20, 2015

Be Careful

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

The office is clean and new with a nice view. The HR group was very nice. It was sad to see Irene M. go.

Cons

Advancement is easy because titles are meaningless. Can someone really be called a Senior Engineer if they only have 5 years of professional experience? Many lead engineers are exceptionally arrogant and simply don't have the experience to be arrogant or to be a leader. The best bridge design engineers have practical hands-on field experience. T.Y.Lin has almost none. Designs are academic and impractical. If you want to design expensive, hard to build bridges, this is the place for you. Meetings quickly become shouting matches between egos. Forget proper engineering - Culture dictates, if you say something faster and louder than the next guy, you must be right. Money, office size, titles, and fame are more important than getting it right or good engineering ethics. Salaries are very low when compared to other firms. I didn't realize it until I looked around.

Viewing 226 - 228 of 244 Reviews

Glassdoor has 296 TYLin reviews submitted anonymously by TYLin employees. Read employee reviews and ratings on Glassdoor to decide if TYLin is right for you.