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      HDR

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      4.1

      79% would recommend to a friend

      (1,810 total reviews)
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      John W. Henderson

      90% approve of CEO

      86% positive business outlook

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      HDR has an employee rating of 4.1 out of 5 stars, based on 1,810 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an excellent working experience there. The HDR employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Construction, Repair & Maintenance Services industry (3.7 stars).

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      4.0
      May 25, 2012

      Nice place to work

      Anonymous employee
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      Pros

      Lots of different opportunites if you seek them out. Nice office building and decor. I enjoyed my time with the company.

      Cons

      Not much communication between management and staff. Big emphasis on utilization rates, even if you are tasked to complete "non-billable work".

      4.0
      May 14, 2012

      HDR is providing me with large challenging complex projects and a very knowledgeable senior staff.

      Civil engineer in training
      Recommend
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      Pros

      HDR offers the opportunity to make your mark on the world as you work on large scale projects. The talent pool is deep at the company and those assets are happy to answer questions and discuss solutions at any time. The culture at HDR is one of its major strengths; a straight and steady approach to the market and upper level management decisions. Each day you are challenged to create solutions to multidisciplinary projects whether it be working with Structural on the interface of a retaining wall, Track with the roadbed, and Civil with a drainage swale. You are driven to a high quality standard in your work deliverables, both internal and external. Everyone at the Boston office is easy to get along with and very polite. There are no ego problems or other issues like that.

      Cons

      With larger headcounts come larger overhead issues and unfortunately technology adoption is one of them. It seems we are always a version behind a client with a design software package which is frustrating. We are supposed to be the ones with the resources to the job we were hired to do. If you are just starting out, you are only given 2 weeks vacation. After 5 years you get 3 weeks, but 2 until that time is not very healthy. The office is growing which is a great thing, however there doesn't seem to be a consistent plan for the growth and as a result people have been given desks against walls, not in cubes, or placed in conference rooms. These may just be growing pains, but it is a concern of some of the staff.

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