Geo/Civil Field Technologist - Civil/Geotech Field/Lab Technologist GHD Employee Review

1.0
Feb 23, 2016
Recommend
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Pros

Gain good experience but at the cost of your sanity, social life and financial well-being. Co-workers are good but everyone just complains about low-pay and long hours.

Cons

Waterloo department is terribly operated. Below average pay with next to zero raises ($0.50/hour raise after full-time for 3 years), extremely long hours with no recognition when a job well done is performed, forced time-off during slow times of year (winter season) and cheap when performing away-from-home jobs (bad hotels, low per diem pay and difficult work conditions).

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5.0
May 28, 2026
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Pros

Evolving with the times to best serve client needs. Investing in employee learning. Attracting high caliber talent.

Cons

Change can feel disruptive for some, but GHD is on a disciplined journey.

4.0
Jun 19, 2026
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Pros

Great starting point as an internship, gives you good experience to the professional and consulting world, pay for an engineering intern is satisfactory. Values of the company and support from coworkers is appreciated. Seems to be a psychologically safe place to work and make mistakes. No noticeable workplace toxicity or politics. Everyone seems to be authentic and chill. Not noticing anyone keeping their heads down and received reports of satisfaction with work environment from coworkers. Exposure to a variety of projects, including field work experiences. Seems to be a solid resume builder.

Cons

Need to be pretty proactive for work. For me who enjoys having work to do, its kind of stressful. You have to take initiative in making your own plan. For someone who thrives in structure and needs a bit of help in planning, this is a struggle. Limited flexibility in doing a hybrid role (even though job description stated it was when I applied) For someone who is 42 mi from the office and with heavy traffic takes 1h 15 min to reach the office, its a struggle. But I understood that my commute time is longer than average when I took the position.

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