Pros
POWER is a great place to start your career to gain exposure to projects, technical skills, project management skills...etc. You are given a mentor to help you develop. They host training meetings/conferences on various topics throughout the year and will encourage you to attend (paid). They also pay for continuing education. They offer hybrid and remote work, flexible working hours/schedule. Good health benefits. After 2yrs of tenure you get more PTO.
Cons
Despite technical development, experience, and proven added value, POWER does not pay well (albeit unless you are a regional manager or higher). Your starting salary may be okay, but "merit increases" each year will be poor, and your salary will quickly fall behind your true market value. Even with promotions, certifications...etc. which translates to higher billing rates to the client, they will not increase pay by meaningful amounts. Unfortunately, this is the case with many white collar jobs, and requires making a change in company every once in awhile to get paid your true value. POWER was recently sold to WSP in Q4 2024, so they are no longer employee/privately owned. Many senior level staff and executive leaders were approaching retirement in 2024, so they prepped the company to be sold so they could cash out. The company's financials wouldn't support so many shares being cashed out without additional investment. This is how they justified the sale. People have been leaving since the sale because of this, and also low salaries. WSP is wanting POWER to ramp up hiring, 1) because of people leaving (which is their source of profit in consulting) and 2) to recoup the $1.8B they paid for POWER.
