The cost of a recent project cost $2000 which had to be fronted by an employee or the project would not have moved forward. Langan should have accounts with stores like Home Depot/Lowes for their projects. I asked why they do not have hardware store accounts and the answer I received was, "The way they see it is you will turn in the receipts if you really want your money back." Here is how I see it: How about Langan provide hardware store access through a company account so employees don't have to spend their own money, esp. $2k, upfront? If they want their receipt, It can be scanned/emailed. Truth is, electronic receipts are mailed to a designated email account and paper ones aren't even required for accounts payable.
Langan does not support travel for employees either. You have to have your own money to travel for the company upfront or you can't get to another team/project; then they will not like you. They ask before hire if you are willing to travel but do not disclose you pay upfront.
The support for training was not delivered as promised. Teaching one/two lines of Leica coding and acting as though all has been taught is not a fair practice to trainees. Basic AutoCad training for surveyors is not supported at the corporate level as the work pertains to them (with Carlson, AutoCad and, ProjectWise). The survey Cad Techs have to use work arounds that aren't known and supported by the AutoCad training department. This alone can make things confusing and frustrating. Especially when the senior Surveyors and management who know these work arounds do not take real time to show trainees and worse have a sense of belittlement when training/teaching. Simply stated, Langan is lazy and ill prepared at the corporate level when it comes to surveyor training.
