GHD reviews

3.5

60% would recommend to a friend

(1,895 total reviews)
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67% approve of CEO

46% positive business outlook

GHD has an employee rating of 3.5 out of 5 stars, based on 1,895 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The GHD employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Management & Consulting industry (3.7 stars).

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2K reviews
2.0
Apr 5, 2017

not the best, not the worst

Recommend
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Pros

Great benefits, only pay $48 a month towards health insurance, fantastic 401K, HSA contribution, good safety records

Cons

-Company's safety policy obviously was not addressed with field workers, so many safety policies and paperwork that it actually makes jobs more unsafe -Upper management outdated with technology, many principals/shareholders refuse to innovate with technology that is crucial to future success -Many upper management unfamiliar with field work, went directly into management -Bonus system is terrible and raises are nil, below standards for industry, expected to work tons of overtime for free -Expectations for billability are extremely unrealistic, and the emphasis put on billable hours are to the point of unethical. Management bills whatever time they want, and often milks time that is unnecessary due to poor innovation and communication with project staff -Essentially no guidance for junior staff, you are thrown into the fire and expected to figure it out on your own. When something goes wrong on a job, junior staff is thrown under the bus so management can pat themselves on the back

1.0
Mar 31, 2016

Upper management need to change

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Salary wasn't too bad and you have flexibility of working from home.

Cons

GHD seemed was a great place to work at when I started out. However, the company began to shift in different direction after the merger with CRA. Our benefits were being cuts, upper management roles began to shift and you were put into a different departments.

2.0
Mar 22, 2016

Technician

Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Work is stable. Benefits meet standards of industry, A lot of good coworkers. They will provide a company or rental vehicle while traveling

Cons

Travel almost 100% of time. No work life balance expect to work a lot of overtime. Pay raises are usually about 1-2%. All that management cares about at the end of the year is how billable you are. The construction division does not pay travel time to sites out of state

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