HNTB reviews

3.5

69% would recommend to a friend

(869 total reviews)
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Rob Slimp

79% approve of CEO

67% positive business outlook

HNTB has an employee rating of 3.5 out of 5 stars, based on 869 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The HNTB 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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869 reviews
3.0
Nov 4, 2009
Recommend
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Pros

Interesting and challenging bridge and roadway projects overall, but since there is a lot of competition in Oregon, exciting local projects are hard to come by.

Cons

Opportunities for professional advancement may exist, but not typically for the local office. The local office is a satellite to the main office in Bellevue, Washington and engineers in Bellevue have seniority for all projects. Major bridge projects will not be handled in Portland at this time – possibly in the future when the office gains recognition as its own entity.

4.0
Oct 14, 2009
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Open door policy culture. Employee owned company - pressure not too crazy to please Wallstreet. Time off is better than for most companies. 401K company match is great.

Cons

Hard to move up the ladder if minority. Fairly small organization if you want options when spouse/partner has to relocate.

3.0
May 6, 2009
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

HNTB works on interesting and large scale projects. These projects are good resume builders. HNTB is has a pretty relaxed environment; friendly people, allow casual dress a lot of the time. A couple times a year each company branch office meets and talkes freely about strategies with developing technology and client relationships. It was nice to see that everyone was included to some degree in the operations of the company. There is a nice mix of younger professionals and seasoned professionals to form working groups and act as specialized teams. Also, the Kansas City offices are located in nice building downtown, and in overland park.

Cons

I worked for HNTB Federal which seemed to have unpredictable work loads. Many of the projects are quick design build projects that are bid low and expected to be completed within a couple weeks. There are many engineering companies that are struggling, but while I was there over 1.5 years they grew rapidly (over doubled in size), and didn't seem to plan for new hires beyond their current work needs. I like the idea of having work 'teams' but many times it was unclear what my team was or who my boss was , or what project I would be working on.

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