Fantastic place to work - Substation Engineer Ulteig Employee Review

4.0
Aug 8, 2025
Recommend
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Pros

Really good management, interesting projects, career growth opportunities, competitive pay for the industry, the ESOP benefit is great, 100% remote, and a great work-life balance. I feel blessed to work here.

Cons

The billable hour system is kind of unfortunate. Non-billable hours are subtracted from anything past 40 hours a week. So, if you worked 3 hours worth of non-billable hours that week and you worked a total of 45 hours, you will only be paid for 42 hours. I feel like that is kind of stealing time from employees and also disincentivizes people to work more to grow the company. The PTO system, I think, could use some upgrades. We don't have many paid holidays here at Ulteig, so a couple more days of PTO per year would help us be an employer of choice in the market.

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Ulteig Response
11mo
Thank you so much for writing the detailed review. It is great to see that you feel blessed to work at Ulteig. I understand your point about billable/non-billable hours. For those reading this who do not work in the engineering consulting industry, I will provide an explanation of what the reviewer is alluding to. This person is an 'exempt' employee, meaning that they work in a position with a salary (not a job with an hourly wage), with no requirement to pay overtime according to U.S. pay regulations. Like some other companies in our industry, Ulteig provides additional pay when salaried employees work over 40 hours of billable work per week. The rationale being that those hours are generally chargeable to a client, and generate revenue for the firm. The individual is correct that Ulteig does not provide additional compensation for other hours worked.

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Pros

ESOP is a big plus.

Cons

Growing pains as the company has expanded quickly.

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Ulteig Response
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Thanks for your feedback and for your many years with Ulteig! We appreciate you highlighting our ESOP as a key differentiator. As we’ve grown, we know that growth can come with challenges, but it has also created new opportunities, strengthened our business, and increased our impact. We remain committed to growing thoughtfully while preserving the employee-owned culture that makes Ulteig unique.
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Cons

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