EPSTEIN Reviews

3.2

45% would recommend to a friend

(64 total reviews)
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James Jirsa

47% approve of CEO

33% positive business outlook

EPSTEIN has an employee rating of 3.2 out of 5 stars, based on 64 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The EPSTEIN employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Construction, repair and maintenance industry (3.7 stars).

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64 reviews
1.0
29 Jun 2015

A Real Shame

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Some of the people...this company could be great if Senior Management would leave.

Cons

Senior Management (The Triumvirate of Evil). They get talented young people excited about the culture and the positions and then once you are actually working there you find out that culture they speak of is not company wide and that senior management does not actually even believe in the culture they are selling. The positions are hit or miss and most of the time you aren't able to prove that you are capable of doing the job because they are against new ideas and change. Senior Management is unethical, unprofessional and inappropriate. The don't care about the staff as people only the amount the company allows them to bring home in their paychecks. There is a known rumor that two of the members of senior management are either having an affair or have had an affair with each other and the way they portray their relationship in public does nothing to disprove the rumor. The HR department is a joke pure and simple and no one trusts them enough to bring their issues to them. The turnover for last year was 48% which was announced at a company meeting and yet they think that having a few employee events will gloss over the real problem which is that no one running the company believes in the mission/vision of the organization. Senior management is inept and have no principles.

2.0
8 May 2015
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Interesting projects International projects In-house engineering Bi-weekly paycheck 401k

Cons

High staff turnover Poor upper management (no leadership) Gossip and rumor driven / internal politics culture No promotion from within Poor work/life balance

2.0
3 Dec 2018

Elephant in the Room

Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

- Good people - Interesting, challenging projects - West Loop location

Cons

- High turnover (35% this year) - Interdepartmental politics - Leadership vacuum - Sub par benefits Turnover was always a major problem for Epstein but it got progressively worse in recent years. There are a lot of factors but the bottom line is that the company will continue to die off slowly until there is a major change in leadership. The way the company operates is dysfunctional and unsustainable. Talented, passionate people get squeezed out like a sponge. Most projects end with client and/or contractor conflict, including lawsuits.

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EPSTEIN Response
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We're sorry that Epstein wasn't the right fit for you. We know that we are not perfect and we are constantly looking at ways to improve. As a company approaching our 100th anniversary, we've definitely had our ups and downs. We look forward to making significant improvements that ensure the health and prosperity of our firm in the years to come.
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