4.0
May 17, 2021
Current employee, more than 5 years
Walnut Creek, CA
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook
Pros
Lots of opportunity to grow technically, great coworkers, decent salary
Cons
Overwhelmed, sink or swim, high employee thrnover
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5.0
Jul 9, 2026
Current employee, more than 10 years
Denver, CO
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook
Pros
Opportunities for growth Fellow employees Autonomous work environment
Cons
None. It is a great company.
2.0
Jun 18, 2026
Current employee, more than 3 years
Boston, MA
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook
Pros
Flexible hybrid schedule is very nice and starting salary is high for early career engineers.
Cons
The main people running the company are not engineers and you can tell. They are all focused on utilization with rates often set at 97% or higher. This had led to my supervisor asking/telling me to not charge company required trainings. As an early engineer it really feels like they don't want to invest in me and only care about their bottom line. If you are an early career structural engineer you will also not get any meaningful work until you've been with the company for at least 5 years. The senior engineers do not trust you and will only give you grunt work.