Is Terracon a good company to work for?

Terracon has an overall rating of 3.8 out of 5, based on over 1,260 reviews left anonymously by employees. This rating has decreased by 2% over the last 12 months. 71% of employees would recommend working at Terracon to a friend and 62% have a positive outlook for the business. The best reviews about Terracon have been left by employees working as Senior Staff Engineer , Engineering Technician II and Department Manager .

Does Terracon pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Terracon employees rate their compensation and benefits as 3.4 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Terracon. This rating has been stable over the past 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Terracon?

71% of Terracon employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated Terracon 3.3 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.6 for culture and values and 3.5 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Terracon?

Engineering Technician (66) , Project Manager (54) , Staff Engineer (40) , Field Engineer (34) , Field Technician (30) , Technician (30) , Field Geologist (29) , Engineering Technician II (22) , Senior Staff Engineer (22) , Staff Scientist (18) , Field Scientist (17) , Project Engineer (17) , Engineer (16) , Senior Project Manager (16) , Staff Geologist (14)

What are the pros of working at Terracon according to real employee reviews?

"Benefits were good in 2009 but eroded through the years and by 2013 were fairly expensive." ((in 108 reviews)); "The people I work with everyday are great and make what I'm doing better." ((in 101 reviews)); "100% employee owned and very safety conscious." ((in 29 reviews)); "The coworkers are great." ((in 29 reviews)); "Good culture and environment to explore opportunities." ((in 23 reviews))

What are the cons of working at Terracon according to real employee reviews?

"Work for low pay and get the blame for everyone else's screw up's (LAB MANAGER)." ((in 104 reviews)); "Poor management and don’t value field staff" ((in 59 reviews)); "Long hours and physically demanding" ((in 41 reviews)); "Absolutely no work life balance" ((in 24 reviews)); "Upper management (again, this is dependent on the office you are in) often low" ((in 20 reviews))

What are employees saying about Terracon layoffs in 2026?

Explore Glassdoor’s employee reviews to understand what current and former employees are saying about Terracon layoffs and their outlook for job security at Terracon in 2026.

What are the top reviewed Terracon locations?

Dallas , Houston , Atlanta , Raleigh , Charlotte , San Antonio , Cincinnati , Oklahoma City , Olathe , Salt Lake City , Denver , Lenexa , Austin , Indianapolis , Charleston , College Station , Seattle , Jacksonville , Greenville , Greensboro , Omaha , League City , Nashville , Des Moines , Portland , Wheat Ridge , Phoenix , Tempe , Washington , Kansas City

Terracon reviews

3.8

71% would recommend to a friend

(1,143 total reviews)

M. Gayle Packer

88% approve of CEO

62% positive business outlook

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Terracon has an employee rating of 3.8 out of 5 stars, based on 1,143 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Terracon 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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1K reviews

5.0

Oct 21, 2015

Great people, Great company.

Anonymous employee

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Pros

Everyone is genuinely friendly, hard working, incredibly helpful, and cares about their coworkers. This seems to hold true for every branch that I visited.

Cons

I honestly cannot think of a single negative thing to say about this company. My entire experience with them was completely positive.

3.0

Oct 4, 2015

Regarding engineers;

Anonymous employee

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Pros

Terracon takes safety extremely seriously - rank-and-file and management are truly beginning to incorporate safe work practices and critical thinking. The unusual thing: the rules are being driven by a desire for safety, not for the sake of rules. There's been a big emphasis on conversation/coaching vs. monitoring/punishment. The people are the other best reason to be here. Office has less than the usual number of bad apples. Everyone gets along really well, and there is a definite teamwork atmosphere. Terracon has geotechnical, materials, environmental, and facilities service lines. There is staggering potential for cross-selling and cooperation between the service lines in the bigger offices (Houston, Dallas, etc.). Environmental and Facilities will learn a lot of different things; Geotechnical and Materials will be working to engineers who have a lot of knowledge to pass on.

Cons

Average pay; fast-paced consulting work leaves you at the mercy of the client; sometimes management won't stand up to client demands, leaving you with yet another 60-hour work week you won't be getting overtime for. Great place to start for engineers fresh out of college; solid pay for older, more experienced engineers; difficult for middle-experience engineers (4-10 years) to do the grind. Hard to justify forgoing a more competitive salary at another firm for ten or fifteen years while grinding to become a principal and finally make serious money with company stock. Mentoring is also ad hoc if you're not a geotechnical or materials engineer. Sometimes you're lucky and someone above you has the background and inclination to educate you on the finer points of being an engineer. Terracon has a reputation as something of a meat-grinder with regards to personnel; it's getting better, but there is some of that mentality still.

5.0

Aug 23, 2015

Geotechnical Senior Field Engineer

Geotechnical engineer

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Very good consulting company. I belong to the geotechnical department that specialized in foundation, soil improvement and other related aspect of soil analyses. Also did pile load tests, mini piles and helical pile installation.

Cons

This is a Kansas based engineering firm that set a New Jersey office specializing in soil improvement and development. Hope that they can get more projects fort their talented engineers.

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