A large borg ship that keeps growing but easy to get lost within. - Senior Architectural Designer HDR Employee Review

3.0
Apr 17, 2023
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Pros

Decent pay and hours. You get to work on pretty large scale public projects, which could be rewarding. Lots of good resources. Employees have diverse background. You get to collaborate with so many different types of engineers. Standing desk is nice.

Cons

Sometimes you end up doing the same types of work over and over. It takes very long time to get recognized even for most talented young people. Lots of retired folks from government and public sector getting executive positions to secure jobs from their old nest.

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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
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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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