Olsson reviews

3.3

52% would recommend to a friend

(229 total reviews)
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Brad Strittmatter

63% approve of CEO

50% positive business outlook

Olsson has an employee rating of 3.3 out of 5 stars, based on 229 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Olsson 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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229 reviews
2.0
Jul 10, 2018

Eh

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Half-day Fridays are awesome. Pretty laid back environment.

Cons

Super disconnected environment, feels like a competition between internal teams. Too many upper-level staff with big heads. Not much recognition for lower-tier employees. Stuck up people.

2.0
Apr 4, 2018

Shiny on the outside but deeply flawed

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Some stellar individuals. Nice facility. Good IT. Willing to take risks.

Cons

Under the shiny exterior of Olsson's newer offices and clean branding lies a broken system of distrust and non-cooperation. The almighty multiplier is the only standard to which employees are judged and there is limited cooperation between teams and offices since everyone is trying to hit multiplier targets. Smaller offices get treated much worse than the HQ and larger offices. Each team is treated as a standalone company which seems nice at first but fosters distrust and internal competition instead of collaboration. Pay is lower than the industry average.

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Olsson Response
8y
Thanks for sharing your feedback. I’m forwarding your thoughts to Olsson’s executive team as this is helpful for them to hear. We are continually looking for ways to incentivize cooperation among teams, but it is a challenge. While some amount of competition is good and healthy, we don’t want it to dominate how teams work together. Thanks again for your comments.
5.0
Mar 13, 2018

Great company

Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Compensation, 401(k) match, and progressive

Cons

Lack of holidays time off

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Olsson Response
8y
Thanks for stopping by to review us!
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