Partner Engineering and Science Reviews

They work you like slave and every project you work on is a rush. There is never a break. There is no focus on quality but rather it is all about quantity of work pushed out the door. I came here over another company because they offered me an extra $1500 a year, but if I had known how hard they would work me, I would have taken the other job offer instead. The staff do all the work but the project managers and principals get all the praise, credit and bonuses. But then if anything goes wrong the first person to get blamed is the staff, never the project managers or principals. If you are one of the many principals in this firm you are treated like royality while the staff are treated like 2nd class citizens. The principals even get their own private parties and every year they take a big vacation together which none of the staff are invited to. The worst part is you don't learn anything new at this job, you just learn how to write what is needed to make the client happy no matter how wrong or illegal it is. Partner is who clients go to when they want to make a problem go away. It could be a leaking nuclear plant and partner will find a way to "write it off" or else the principals get chewed out by the clients and lose their big commissions. Then they chew out their project managers, and the project managers chew out the staff. Basically all the money goes to the principals who are all owners run the company and the leftover scraps go to the project managers. The staff get nothing, not even the scraps, just little to no raises, no training, no praise, not even a thank you for working so hard. I have heard several people say the same things in private, but most people kiss butt and pretend to be happy so they can keep their jobs. Bottom line, do your homework and be careful, if you have other job options take them, even if they pay less. Trust me you will regret it otherwise.

If you have experience, do anything you can to avoid this hellscape. They will work you to death in a Phase I ESA sweatshop with ridiculously high revenue targets that will have you working constantly. They will not mention these targets in your interview(s) or in your offer letter; you’ll find out when an ominous email arrives from the accounting department on your first day asking “if anyone has talked to you about revenue goals”. Surprise! They will then use that revenue target as a club to constantly beat you with as you struggle to stay afloat because Partner has very high productivity demands that require you to complete far more site assessments in a month than is possible without putting in lots of extra time. The sales force seems to price projects without considering their complexity. You’ll work night and day and still be berated for not meeting your targets, yet the sales person will get credit from the client for delivering such a nice product (based upon your lost free time and thankless labor). There’s little good to say about the people that work at Partner either. The pressure seems to create a suspicious arrogance among the workers and a hazing mentality among management. It’s every man/woman for themselves and cooperation is rare. Bottom line: Partner is not a good company to work for. The pressure is relentless; the rewards are few and the management is cruel. If you can find anything better, avoid this place at all costs.