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Great springboard for recent graduates - Mechanical Engineer II MBA Consulting Services Employee Review

1.0
Nov 17, 2021
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Pros

The work itself is generally easy the majority of the time, although occasionally it will be hectic for a few days during critical steps/etc. Great first job until you have the experience to move on to a company that values you and reimburses you fairly.

Cons

Grossly underpays salary. Minimal support and likes to play hot potato of responsibilities with your client supervisor (yes, you'll have two bosses: an onsite customer supervisor and a MBA CSi supervisor, both which you'll need permission to do most things). Once you've worked long enough that your on site customer supervisor offers you a raise, MBA tries to keep it-so you have to renegotiate how much % of the raise you'll actually get (unless you only want to keep 15% of that raise you just got told you're approved for). Constant turnover due to burnout, poor salary, mediocre benefits, and that some site supervisors are impossible to work with due to communication issues or inconsistently defined expectations, creating unnecessary stress in the workplace. Teams should not be walking on eggshells day in and day out. Projects move at a snail's pace, and experienced personnel at the P.O. try to keep details to themselves or behave politically between departments, so getting more information or even simple answers can be a slow and painful process. Very, very few individuals ever make the transition to hired full time by customer/no longer contractor from MBA, so don't believe that nonsense unless you're okay with waiting closer to a decade. I wish I was exaggerating, because a lot of good people have left because of this. Once hired on, someone tried to guilt me repeatedly (and conveniently, only verbally) to change answers on Voluntary Self-identification forms "...because we need to show that we're meeting equal opportunity metrics". Your results may vary.

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5.0
Jan 29, 2025
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Pros

MBACSi is a government contracting company. They do a good job of walking the fine lines that are required of staff aug contracting. If you have been on a staff aug contract then you know what I'm saying.

Cons

Most employees work at a customer location so their "work experience" has a more to do with the customer than the company which can be hard for people not used to working for a contracting company.

5.0
Jan 23, 2025
Recommend
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Pros

Support US Postal Service modernization and technology improvement efforts Work on customer location and learn what client needs. Get education and training reimbursement to learn new technologies and get certifications. MBA CSi SVP and technical directors are available to help support promotions with client support. Cost of benefits have recently decreased. Raises are less than 3% but consistent each year. Promotions are possible with client support and can increase compensation by more than 10%. Spot award program gives gift cards. Hybrid telework schedule, 3 days from home, 2 days in client workspace is convenient. MBA CSi main office support (HR/Security/IT) is responsive and helpful.

Cons

Work can be stressful at times with last-minute changes due to budgets and new priorities. Some Postal managers are inexperienced at leadership and general management, but they mean well. As contractor, sometimes treated differently then Postal employee counterparts. Similar to other federal contractor roles.

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