Technical Resources International reviews

This was my first job after receiving my PhD and I was at first very excited and just ignored all the negatives I heard. I didn't even see any of those negatives at first and honestly thought I could make a career here...But then I saw the light. Honestly please take heed of all the negative comments people are posting it's all true. You are under paid for the amount of work you go. So if you do come here, view this as an unpleasant stepping stone to a more prosperous and happy future. The average turnover time when I was there was a year. With a few leaving after only a couple months. They work you hard, so you do learn things, but your hard work goes unnoticed. You are passed up on promotions by people who, and for the lack of a better phrase, kiss the butt of upper management. You have to be in the right clique of people to succeed. Which is good for high school but not a place of business. I honestly ended up hating it here and was so happy to finally leave for a much better job.

Management lacks in crucial aspects of leadership: communication, transparency, honesty, and mentorship Just like any new job, I made some mistakes initially, but nothing that ever compromised client relations, contracts, projects, etc. Any performance issues that I was aware of were quickly addressed and fixed. If there were any other problems, it was never brought to my attention by my colleagues, manager or other supervisors in any form. My manager even told the team that our overall performance improved as a result of the measures we put in place. Despite my manager claiming that they wanted to "mentor" the associates, I never really experienced this myself. It was even worse so in the week leading up to my last day. When I was asking them genuine questions relating to my development and growth, I was given the cold shoulder. Unless the issue at hand was related to the client, they barely responded to my messages. It even came to the point where I was not included in conversations that were directly related to my dealings with the client. I could feel that something was up, but chalked it up to my manager being busy. When I received a meeting invite from HR, it confirmed my suspicions. I asked my manager directly about this message and they responded with: "As far as I know, the meeting is to discuss your performance." My manager left all the talking to the HR representative, which made the situation even more difficult. I would have appreciated my manager telling me directly what went wrong rather than hiding behind someone else. The HR representative had also told me during this meeting that my probationary period (TRI has a 90 day probationary period for all new employees) was extended another month due to my performance issues, which my manager never made me aware of and so I had no idea that I was in jeopardy until my last day. After what would have presumably been my 90th day, I was allowed to continue working and I assumed that I had passed. If it was true that my probationary period was extended another month, then I wasn't able to even finish working that last month, which had another 2 weeks left. Looking back on this situation, I realized that TRI treats their employees as nothing more than disposable cogs in the machine. They are Corporate America at its worst. Apply here as a last resort and with a backup plan.