Terracon reviews

3.8

71% would recommend to a friend

(1,142 total reviews)
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88% approve of CEO

62% positive business outlook

Terracon has an employee rating of 3.8 out of 5 stars, based on 1,142 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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2.0
Aug 18, 2017

Interview: Lenexa Kansas

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Seemed like a relatively progressive atmosphere from the outside looking in. They do a large number of Phase I jobs that are their bread and butter.

Cons

They are looking to cherry-pick talent and contracts from other companies. Happens all the time but with no real apparent vision to go along with the ambition. Additionally, they have a small-scale mindset that prohibits larger-scale contract acquisition at least on the environmental/compliance side of things. Rather sketchy interview process that lacks professionalism. (Three interviews later). They never bother to call back or send a letter informing you of the decision making process.

3.0
Aug 17, 2017
Recommend
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Pros

Get to work with great people at the local level.

Cons

Each office tends to have a focus on either construction engineering or environmental science with a certain level of facilities management. This is great if your local office is balanced toward your field, not so great if it isn't. I worked on the environmental side of an engineering-heavy office. Business development left a lot to be desired and the end came from out of the blue. Here today, gone tomorrow. They took the work I was doing and gave it to lower paid newbs, who are expected to put in endless hours to stay on top of caseload.

1.0
Aug 4, 2017
Recommend
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Pros

As far as this industry goes, there is nothing Terracon does better than other competing firms I have worked for.

Cons

Low pay, always on call but not compensated, safety culture that looks to assign blame rather than find the cause. I don't know about other locations but the Sacramento office was disorganized and understaffed.

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