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Not a good company for engineers - Structural Engineer Atkins Employee Review

1.0
27 Mar 2018
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Glassdoor should have zero star rating

Cons

Layoff after project As an engineer your job stability depends on the project. During each project you have to think about your next project. You should network inside the company to make sure your name is on the list for the next project. As a technical engineer you are just a number cruncher. Build your network in the company, spend time talking to project manager or you will be laid off. As am engineer you are just an expense to the company. As an engineer, if your hours are not billable, you are an expanse that needs to be cut. Work on your office politics, and office networking, or update your resume. The choice is yours...

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Pros

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Cons

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3.0
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Pros

Plenty of friendly coworkers; Can gain a decent amount of experience Decent benefits, especially medical, dental, and vision insurance.

Cons

Working from home can be slow and finicky due to servers being scrambled across the country which is discouraging for hybrid and fully remote workers. Not a lot of communication between employees, especially since there is not a lot of work so you would have to keep pressing coworkers for more work and direction. Work/Life Balance is hard to maintain since PTO, Sick leave and vacation are merged and I have to come in early. If given work, you can probably have enough to do in order to fill in timesheets, but there are plenty of times when you might not have enough work and you would have to grasp at straws just to make it to 8 hours of work each day. My role feels more like I'm working as a GIS Technician instead of an Analyst given the lack of clarity in the job description. There is no true technical training program. You would just have to search online for anything you don't know how to do.

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