Good Company - Anonymous employee Willdan Group Employee Review

3.0
May 24, 2018
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Well established company, many long-term employees, great benefits, flexibility, great opportunities to learn and grow in knowledge and skills from coworkers and management. Generally good work environment.

Cons

You can get "boxed in" within some departments. I've seen a couple of engineers that should have been long ago promoted, and finally ended up leaving due to just that, as well as expectations that were not put upon others (i.e. extremely long hours, weekends, etc.) because they did their job so well, they actually had a more difficult workload to compensate for others that weren't. It's a lot about "who" you know within the company in order to advance, rather than what you actually do, or your job skills and ability to use them to their utmost. Some departments can get "clique-ish" and controlling. While others let you fly and do the utmost to champion that.

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2.0
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Pros

Willdan will take, and take. If you are not someone who cannot look out for your own health and wellbeing with steadfastness, I would not work here. Most colleagues and supervisors will sooner take credit for your work, boasting about your success as their own or offering up your ideas, than they will to take a second to know you. If you are willing to duplicate this model, you will rise in the ranks quickly! My experience was that on one hand, the salary, flexibility, and low level of difficulty allowed for other parts of my life to take front and center. But on the other hand, every hour I spent pushing paper, designing spreadsheets with yet another flawed representation of data, and witnessing cruel mistreatment of coworkers, was an hour I regret wasting. Some people are more easily able to separate life and work, but spending so much of my time acting as a bandaid for broken systems took a mental toll on me. Willdan might well provide needed space and money for other valuable parts of your life, but I would not expect this workplace to be a source of pride or fulfillment or human connection.

Cons

From my perspective, Willdan is the inevitable result of an economic system whose main goal is profit, at the expense of people and ecosystems. The most credit I can give Willdan is that it doesn’t try to be anything but a money-maker for its shareholders. That bluntness is a breath of rancid air, but air nonetheless, compared to many organizations that will try and convince you that their work is meaningful when it is nothing close.

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