Dewberry reviews

3.8

75% would recommend to a friend

(416 total reviews)
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Donald E. Stone, Jr.

83% approve of CEO

81% positive business outlook

Dewberry has an employee rating of 3.8 out of 5 stars, based on 416 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Dewberry 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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416 reviews
2.0
Jul 22, 2014
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

They have a great program of tuition reimbursement and are willing to pay for classes or even whole degree programs if they are relevant to your current work or work you might plausibly do in the future for the firm. It's a great place to work for a few years while you polish up your resume and qualifications for a better job.

Cons

They talk about promoting from within, but they never do. Qualified, experienced people are passed over in favor of less-qualified outsiders. Management does not listen to advice from lower people, either. The preference for outsider expertise is so strong that the firm regularly outsources engineering work that idle workers in the firm could do (indeed have certifications in!) Management has an anti-harassment policy, but it is not enforced. I watched a coworker systematically abused for months despite multiple reports to senior management. It only stopped when the victim was fired. The manager guilty of this abuse still works there today. The HR department believes its primary purpose is to protect the health benefits provider from actually paying claims. If you work there and need a claim paid, you will have more luck talking to the insurance company than HR. HR will tell you the insurance company was right to deny the claim, even if the treatment is for a condition the policy specifically covers. Company is penny-wise and pound foolish: restrictions on hard drive sizes (even on servers), counting office supplies, and discouraging employees from billing admin time even for work like marketing that should be admin, were some of the things I saw.

1.0
Nov 18, 2015

Project Architect

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

They had a few projects due to teaming up with a larger Architect of Record HOK but the majority of the work and hours go to the Peoria Office.

Cons

They will use you for your California State Architect License to stamp and sign drawings the Peoria office does for California Department of Corrections. Sacramento office is smoke and mirrors to win California projects. They fly a team from Fairfax and Peoria to interview and win work, Sacramento is a satellite office, majority of work is assigned to the Peoria office where pay is less due to lower cost of living. California pay is low as they compare California Salaries to the Peoria and other office where cost of living is lower. No overtime, no bonuses, no raises that keep up with inflation rate. No pay increase after becoming licensed. You have no say in projects, the Peoria office is THEE office you are their support for smaller buildings in the project. Most of the sales of working for them is how great the Peoria office is and their culture. Annual review increases expectations and goals for you however any raise adjustments are not significant.

3.0
Mar 5, 2015
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Dewberry is large enough that you can have opportunities to grow.

Cons

As in any larger company, the conditions vary from division to division and even within the divisions. It all depends on the manager. Some are very good and others are very bad. Unfortunately, upper management seems oblivious to poor managers and rank and file moral. As long as the money is coming in and they get their bonuses, there’s no reason to change anything.

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