Good company, questionable team management - Civil/Municipal EIT HDR Employee Review

3.0
Jun 6, 2022
Recommend
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Pros

Great benefits, collaboration opportunities with other teams (if you ask for them), community engagement, thorough training of new employees, well-regarded firm

Cons

This office is an acquisition and has retained a tight core of employees that have carried over the old management quirks from the old company. Project management styles and clients are unique to this group and are not representative of HDR company-wide. Project contracts/client expectations are often beyond scope and unrealistic due to "family" culture that expects unpaid work. The group takes seniority very seriously and always takes the side of the more senior employees, especially those who have been there pre-acquisition. There are specific managers who are particularly unhelpful and do not take ownership for their lack of management skills, and they will likely be there forever due to intense company loyalty.

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5.0
Jul 2, 2026
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Pros

Excellent structure and procedures in all areas of business

Cons

Role involved a lot of remote support whereas I prefer hands on, but overall excellent company.

1.0
Jul 13, 2026
Anonymous employee
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Pros

The 401k is good, that's it..

Cons

The main complaint is having to beg for work within the company. They don't have enough work to give you and then complain that your overhead is too high. Communication and training is terrible. I've sent numerous emails to coworkers only to be ignored. You have to keep reaching out for someone to respond to you. The project managers also don't budget the labor for their projects well. They're very tight about how many hours you should spend on an assignment and it's often unreasonable, like read and compare a 600+ page document to a 300+ page technical document in 2 work days. The health insurance sucks too. Things that used to be covered are no longer covered such as basic labs. The insurance carrier is always denying services such as an MRI.

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