not a good place for fresh graduate, very poor structure as a company - Anonymous employee DNV Employee Review

2.0
Apr 28, 2012
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

people there are easy going, balanced work and life, the location is in a pretty nice area,

Cons

no career development for young engineers at all, all senior projects managers only care about their own movement. lack of communication between engineers and managers. a lot of engineers left for better career opportunities. no training, feel like you are thrown there and grow by yourself. DNV seems to be a big company but in the end it's constituted by many small offices which have their individual culture. management is pretty horrible and care less about the development of young engineers.

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Cons

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Pros

Culture, work life balance, health benefits, 401k match, sick leave. The work is interesting and the people are great. There are many different business areas, so depending on your expertise, you could move around within the company if you want.

Cons

Silos, career development can be unclear and poorly managed depending on who you report to, unclear job expectations depending on your management, unclear path to progress or promotion depending on management, long term employees are paid less and have not been brought up to market value. The cons are more so related to upper management not advocating or helping their team progress. I’ve had some managers who are wonderful, and others that were not when it came to development. It really depends on the team and the department you are part of. The company is huge and it’s easy to get pushed to the side if you do not advocate for yourself and build an internal network.

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