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      Henderson Engineers

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      Henderson Engineers reviews

      3.6

      58% would recommend to a friend

      (197 total reviews)
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      Kevin Lewis

      68% approve of CEO

      69% positive business outlook

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      Henderson Engineers has an employee rating of 3.6 out of 5 stars, based on 197 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Henderson Engineers 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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      197 reviews
      1.0
      Mar 30, 2022

      Sweat shop

      Electrical design engineer
      Recommend
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      Pros

      Met nice coworkers that experience the same or even worse incidents than mine.

      Cons

      I was asked to transfer to Bentonville office from New York in the middle of the pandemia. I only worked in WALMART jobs .this office was understaffed and the electrical team especially. I would work over 45 hours in the regar basis and some people would worked over 65 hour a week. I had no choice because during pandemia NY was in really bad shape. At the end of September, I was supposed to get a raise since technically in the company I was making over a year but because of pandemia all raises and bonuses were suspended. I couldn't believe that my raise was less than 75 cents after all the hard work I did in those few months. I went to do punch list's for several stores out of the state. When I asked to review my raise, which I wasn't happy with, I was added 19 cents on top of it, which didn't it even make it to a dollar. I was explained that because I was working from home , it was a convenience for me and it was saving me money in my transportation, my living cost was cheaper in New Jersey where I reside than NY, and lastly, that I couldn't make more income than an electrical designer that has been longer in the office. Even from top management himself, told me that he can only offer me more hours to work , yet not more income. I asked to be transferred back to NY and j asked human resources to review all this, HR told me to speak to my office management.so they didn't resolve anything. NY management first told me that they could take me back, but then things changed , and I was told that if I wanted to leave, no raise was going to be given to me- when I found out people in NY that got hired the same time I did or after received about 11% raise. Also, that I need to work on projects for Bentonville office until they find a replacement for me. All this happening while Bentonville management would contact me every day and tell me how important and appreciated I was as a employee of the company and I was pile up with excessive amount of work and very hard deadlines. This was a situation I couldn't take anymore or anyone could take and I finally resigned. Bentonville was a sweat shop , then I found out a lot of the designers are not engineers and they use the same excuse, drafters cannot make same as a engineers. In this office people get yelled at as there is not tomorrow and almost the idea of work- life balance that the company preaches about doesnt exist in this office. Management uses all the excuses just to not give the right compensation to their employees.

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      Henderson Engineers Response
      4y
      We’re disappointed that your experience didn’t live up to what we envision for all our employees. Our company strives to be a place where everyone, regardless of their background, is valued as a competent professional whose feedback and point of view deserve honest and careful consideration. This rightfully includes matters of compensation and location preferences. And while the level of work may ebb and flow depending on the project, work-life balance is a top priority for us. After all, a key reason we all work is so that we can enjoy life. Despite the uncertainties of the pandemic, these values were never lost on us. We take everything you shared to heart and will use this information to continue enhancing the employee experience so that nobody that works at any of our offices or remotely ever leaves feeling the same way you do. Thank you for taking the time to share this candid review, and we sincerely wish you all the best in your future endeavors.
      4.0
      Sep 23, 2021

      Got Too Big to Keep Culture

      President
      Recommend
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      Pros

      Henderson has had tons of Growth, they try to keep everything as organized as possible. Comfortable work environment and concern for the employees.

      Cons

      Intention does not align with reality, too much work to be completed by employees leads to resentment and leaving, can't replace people fast enough. Changed from a local lead culture to a Corporate Structure starting in 2015, this brought lots of resources, but destroyed the culture and they saw a mass exodous.

      1.0
      Mar 18, 2021

      Company retroactively redacted 401(k) contributions for the year in Q4 (October)

      Telecommunications engineer
      Recommend
      CEO approval
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      Pros

      They work on some large projects for large companies, if that's a "pro" for you.

      Cons

      In October 2020, there was an announcement that the company was hoping to bring back a 401(k) match of 3% for the year. Up until this point, we had been told the match would be 100% up to 3%, then 50% of the next 4-6%, and 25% of 7-9%. Therefore, myself and many others were contributing the full 9% to get the maximum match. The company had already delayed wage increases, merit based promotions/bonuses and laid off about 50 employees "due to coronavirus" - all of these decisions were not favorable, however they were pretty typical for companies to do this. However, I have never heard of a company going back on their 401(k) match, especially with no prior warning. I spoke with a couple dozen employees a multiple levels - designers, drafters, project managers, even a few principals and all were caught equally off-guard by this. I sent a message to the HR department and CC'd the CEO and CFO. I explained that I thought these decisions should be made at the beginning of the year, before any employee contributions are made. I explained that if I had known there would be no match or a lesser match, then I would have made those contributions to better investment vehicles like my HSA, IRA, or my children's' 529 college funds. I also proposed changing the contribtutions for the next year (2021), rather than the current year. I received a rather lengthy response from the CFO stating they made the announcement in March, however the only evidence she could point me to was literally a footnote in a weekly newsletter listing several "possible" cost-cutting measures (some of which were never implemented or discussed further). I replied that there should have been an official statement regarding something as important as this. Less than 2 weeks later, I was fired for "performance issues", despite having a good performance review in July and also having just received a raise before I raised my hand about the 401(k). Why would you give an underperforming employee a wage increase, just to fire them within the month? Especially given the fact that I had over a month of paid vacation that they then had to pay out at my new higher rate. If they come back on this review trying to cover this up, just know that I saved copies of my personnel records (employee reviews) and paystubs to verify that portion of my story, as well as my emails with the CFO and HR.

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      Henderson Engineers Response
      5y
      We always appreciate candid feedback, both positive and negative, and appreciate this former employee taking the time to share their experience. Unfortunately, last year, like so many other companies, Henderson had to make some tough decisions necessary to save jobs and remain competitive in our business. Some of those decisions while painstakingly discussed by senior leadership had to be made quickly. The measures described in this post (adjusted 401K match, paused wages, promotions, and bonuses) are all examples of what was necessary to address the changes that greatly affected our business, due to the unprecedented and unexpected global Covid-19 Pandemic. At the time these decisions were made, it was unclear just how long and to what extent, the Covid-19 pandemic would affect our company overall. In addition to the aforementioned measures, many of our employees took pay cuts. Some were put on extended furloughs, and regrettably, some employees had to be let go. All of this was in an effort to save as many jobs as possible. The decision to decrease the 401K match was not taken lightly. While our plan document states that the employers matching contribution is discretionary, this is the only time in the 50 years Henderson has been in business that we’ve had to modify our matching formula. We take pride in using many avenues to communicate with our employees, and we try to be as transparent as possible with our communication strategies. We understand from this prior employee’s perspective, we may have missed the mark this time. We will strive to use this as an example moving forward to improve our communication. We are proud of how many jobs the tough decisions saved, and that we were able to make a portion of the 401K match from Henderson possible at the end of 2020 after all. We are also proud of the fact that we were able to take merit increases off pause and catch those up for those who had been postponed. While we do not know who this former employee is, our best guess is that they received their postponed merit increase along with other employees when we were fiscally able to.
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