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
1.0
Oct 8, 2025
Recommend
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Pros

There are some good people. You can learn very quickly here. If you can produce good work, they will quickly increase your expected responsibility level.

Cons

Low pay and poor benefits. Too much work and not enough people to successfully complete it on time and at the appropriate quality level. Continues to hire entry level staff and expect them to fill mid- and senior-level roles. Over the past 4 years they have been unable to retain key staff. By the time I left, 90% of the team I started with had moved on to other opportunities. Significant amounts of expected unpaid overtime. Standards for work processes and quality do not exist or are not followed. Leadership is focused on an unrealistic growth of profit and complexity of projects without the team to support such growth.

1.0
Jul 13, 2022

Attrition is the point

Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

The building was nice, I guess. Half day Fridays (when you're not asked to work late).

Cons

Poor pay, lack of flexibility, long hours expected with the implication that bonuses would make it worthwhile, garbage projects for new hires

3.0
May 21, 2022

Only care about engineers

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

If you have your PE you're Golden

Cons

Everything if you don't have your PE

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