Like a "damsel in distress" - Project Manager WSP Employee Review

3.0
31 Aug 2016
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

1. The company pays well. 2. EDO (earn day off) program is awesome - works out to almost every second Friday off based on working 9 hours per day (1 of 8 hours is banked). 3. Very casual environment. 4. Currently there are excellent VP's working for the company (not including HR). Good leadership goes a long way. 5. Company is flexible on work hours. Good work/life balance 6. Good benefits

Cons

Where to start... 1. HR team desperately needs to go! Not too many things worse then those who condone double standards. 2. Due to the economy downturn the company is struggling to bring in new projects - this is also due to being too expensive when bidding proposals. 3. Lots of staff turnover and lots of instances of blind-siding layoffs. As well as switch & bait layoffs - i.e switching someone's currently role to someone else's role who is planned to be laid off while the other person (being laid off) has no clue. 4. Many PM's and Engineers do not follow general PM practices 5. Lack of company training and ongoing education of the company culture - i.e something is rolled out but then never really brought up again. As well as a definite clash of PMO mapping. 6. The company has gone from a smaller EPCM firm to merging with the corporate division and is currently still suffering many growing pain since 2015. The company, on many levels is nowhere near ready for these types of big adjustment and/or unwilling to accept change. 7. Facilities Manager also needs to desperately go! Not sure how it's considered productive when it takes up to 1-2 weeks to get back to people or not at all. Or dropping last requests/tasks on people expecting them to drop and stop everything they're doing just for you and just because you dropped the ball. Or getting your hair done during business hours. Or talking trash about your team and/or other employees in general. Or simply lying about various things. Fortunately not everything about the company is horrible however these types of actions from this particular individual does absolutely nothing good for company on many levels.

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5.0
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Pros

Great and supportive team, peers and healthy work culture, good scope of growth.

Cons

Pay relative to the industry and lower YoY hike in base salary, low PTOs

5.0
19 May 2026
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Pros

With over 30 years in the engineering industry, I can say without hesitation that this is the most employee-attentive firm I have ever had the privilege of working for. What sets this organization apart is its commitment to staying at the forefront of the industry — not just technologically, but in how it values and invests in its people. The collective expertise of thousands of dedicated professionals here doesn't just benefit the company; it makes a meaningful impact on the world, and that sense of purpose has genuinely reignited my passion for engineering. The opportunities for growth are both vast and real. Across the firm's many initiatives, there is something for everyone who comes to work curious, motivated, and eager to contribute. This is not a place where ambition goes unnoticed. After more than three decades in this field, I have found a place I am proud to be part of — and one I hope to remain a part of for many years to come. If you are considering joining this team, I wholeheartedly encourage you to take that step.

Cons

If I have to mention a con, it would be monetary compensation, but who doesn't want more money. I took a paycut to join this firm and the amount of time I am investing, could be worth more than my current salary warrants.

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