Too corporate for an environmental firm - Environmental Scientist Tetra Tech Employee Review

2.0
Jul 1, 2025
Recommend
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Pros

The benefits package they offered was comprehensive and great for a single individual. Ability to work as much as you desire if you can travel out of state.

Cons

Work was not consistent and the management puts it on the individual to find work. It felt like begging after a certain point asking around for tasks to do because every single hour needs to be billable. No overhead charge code what so ever. They want to send you out of state for extended periods of time constantly and they don't pay enough for what they are requesting. Being on call for emergency responses can be a huge headache - Tetra Tech profits an insane amount off of a level 1 scientist. I was paid a third of what they were billing the client. Stingy with raises and no bonuses.

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5.0
May 3, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Good culture, reasonable expectations for position duties

Cons

Difficult to receive any out of cycle raises/promotions

3.0
Apr 19, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Hired as a "fire-hire," the position is disaster based and 100% travel so you get to travel domestically paid for by the company. When working, pay is good, you can make a lot very quickly with overtime. Being part-time, I can take time-off whenever I want for as long as I want.

Cons

For my position, no natural disasters = no work. Living out of a hotel for months SUCKs and burn-out is real as you could be working 7 days a week, 12 hours a day for months on end. There's no added compensation for taking on an on-site lead position even though the workload triples. As a part-time employee, you have to pay more for benefits when working versus not working. There's a huge disconnect between part-time employees in the field and the full-time employees that do office work and upper management. Part-time workers are not prioritized unless they're willing to do whatever is thrown at them without complaints. The employee turn-over rate in the field is crazy.

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