Good for starting professionals - Mechanical Engineer Hatch Employee Review

3.0
Jun 13, 2014
Recommend
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Pros

- Challenging and very interesting projects - Decent offices - Great workmates - Good work-life balance - Try avoid layoffs during the downtimes and keep expertise continuity

Cons

- Old boys club: Shareholder and/or Associate level is not reached by merits, it is all a secret - In my team we have excellent technical managers, but awful people managers - Bonuses should not even be treated as bonuses, feel more like a pat on the back - Lots of travelling, which is great experience for young engineers, but comes at the cost of low incentives, which is not good when you have reached a senior level - Big gap between junior and senior engineers

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5.0
May 1, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

great work environment, very communicative and collaborative. Easy and open communication with PMs and upper leadership.

Cons

need to be proactive to get work, especially if you're new. lot of travel, pro or con depending on your outlook.

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2.0
Jul 13, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Very good technical development sessions. Eight hour work days.

Cons

Salaries are heavily biased towards one ethnicity. Gender bias as well. Sweet talk same work but less exposure and definitely less salary. Also caught when a recruiter sent the same job to personal email. No discussion yet on career goals. Offer letter was rude. Asked for a min 2 yr service requirement for a 5k moving cost. 401k is 50% of employee contribution capped at 6%. 6% is employee contribution . Means Company pays only upto 3%. Have to slog 15 yrs for entry level min to get associate status. No 401k until second yr. No overtime. Claim flat structure but no involvement in technical meetings where stamping needs to be done by the said engineer.

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