Not Awful - Senior Designer Pape-Dawson Employee Review

4.0
Mar 9, 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Great 401k match, good benefits, good culture if you fit the profile,

Cons

Growing pains, starting to make management decisions like a private equity controlled business not the family firm they claim to be. Misled the amount of overtime expected, misled about the type of work i would be doing

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Pape-Dawson Response
2mo
Thank you for your feedback. We constantly strive to make Pape-Dawson the best place to work in the industry, and feedback helps us accomplish this.

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5.0
Jun 22, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Super friendly work environment and extremely helpful employees for interns learning Civil Engineering softwares. Very relaxed about hours as well.

Cons

nothing pops to the top of my head.

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Pape-Dawson Response
4d
We appreciate your feedback and are pleased to know that your experience has been so positive!
3.0
May 12, 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Supportive workers Events Good quality

Cons

-Manager and higher ups can’t bring project from Houston -Projects borrowed from San Antonio -Not Balanced, too many employees, too less projects, no work sometimes, somtimes too much pressure. -Office politics -Bad female manager in houston office -Combined with another company costello, has some politics going on, costello workers were friendly

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Pape-Dawson Response
1mo
Feedback from employees is important for our growth as a company, and we appreciate you taking the time to leave a review.
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