Working at URS in Denver, CO: 5 Employee Job Reviews by Real Employee working in Denver, CO Area

Item: URS
Rating: 4.9
Author: Supervisory Engineer

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On average, employees in Denver, CO at URS give their company a 1.8 rating out of 5.0 based on 5, whereas overall Average Rating of URS is 4.0 out of 5.0 based on 157 URS Review Ratings. The happiest URS employees in Denver, CO are Supervisory Engineers submitting an average rating of 4.9 and Anonymous Employees with a rating of 3.7.

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(based on 91 URS Review Ratings)

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Company Culture

3.8

Growth Opportunities

3.5

People You Work With

4.4

Person You Work For

4.3

Rewards You Receive

4.0

Support You Get

3.8

Way You Work

4.2

Work Setting

3.8

Property Specialist

"Working in Iraq for four years has been a life-changing experience, and one that I will always treasure. URS/LSI treated me like a professional and allowed me to contribute to a fantastic group of people in a harsh and dangerous (yet fun and invigorating) environment."

Posted 11 years ago in Germantown, MD

Working at URS in Denver, CO: 5 Employee Reviews

URS Employee

in Denver, CO

"I worked for URS for 6 months as a contractor. I was treated very good and given what I needed to complete my assignment."

Person You Work For 4 / 5 People You Work With 5 / 5 Work Setting 4 / 5

Support You Get 4 / 5 Rewards You Receive 4 / 5 Growth Opportunities 3 / 5

Company Culture 4 / 5 Way You Work 5 / 5

Supervisory Engineer

in Denver, CO

What do you like about working at URS?

"The people at the company are great to wok with. It is a team atmosphere."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Be open to any opportunity that comes along. Be a team player."

What don't you like about working at URS?

"It is a big company and sometimes you get treat like a number."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Employee development for the next project. Do not stick people in a box."

Person You Work For 5 / 5 People You Work With 5 / 5 Work Setting 5 / 5

Support You Get 5 / 5 Rewards You Receive 5 / 5 Growth Opportunities 4 / 5

Company Culture 5 / 5 Way You Work 5 / 5

Company-Industry Rating Comparison

4.0

URS (157)

4.6 Highest Rated in this Industry is Hexagon Metrology (9)

2.7 Lowest Rated in this Industry is Wood Group TCS (8)

3.7 Average of All Companies in this Industry (5,552)

Piping Designer

in Denver, CO

"URS was experiencing growing pains from a merger and the mangement had room to improve."

What do you like about working at URS?

"I enjoyed the opportunity to learn new software as well as use my field experience to a great advantage of the project. My project was close to my home , which was a change following 2 years on the road."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"I have no doubt than these growing pains have been addressed and that URS is continuing to grow. When interviewing, remain open-minded to positions outside the traditional scope and your chances of success will improve."

What don't you like about working at URS?

"The management of the project was rot with decent from the merger of Washington Group and URS. It took far too much work to get approval for work than was necessary."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"To put it plainly. The object of a project should be to succeed rather than to prevent failure. The environment was of preventing incidents rather than accomplishing the needed work."

Electrical Designer

in Denver, CO

"It was great."

What do you like about working at URS?

"The people."

What don't you like about working at URS?

"Nothing."

Lead Engineer

in Denver, CO

"Large company, maybe too large."