HDR Employee Job Reviews in the United States

"Great company, great work, hostile work environment"

What do you like about working at HDR?

"I led a small team of engineers and tech which I love. I also spent a great deal of time doing production which I also love. Also had the opportunity to do many new things. Very challenging."

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

"Great company and co-workers Just don't work for those two individuals I mentioned above."

What don't you like about working at HDR?

"Hostile work environment. Alot of threats, lying, manipulation and intimidation."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"There are 2 key guys in the Transpo. group that have to be fired. They are workplace bullies plus they are dishonest and cutthroat. Those type of people do not change."

"HDR is an excellent large company. Young engineers could make a good career, older engineers have some restrictions in utilizing their experience and expertise. Multiple offices and many sectors make the company very professional."

"HDR is heavily engaged in doing work with the government, so it can be a little frustrating as nothing ever goes fast and schedules can be meaningless. So, if you know this going in, it will help. I'm currently working on another big project and it helps knowing that efficiencies are bad and one must budget for that (time and money). HDR's emphasis is on providing heaper labor at the risk of more qualified labor, and that often impacts the quality of the final work product, which can be frustrating as well.One must just try and manage it."

What do you like about working at HDR?

"Corporate direction, strong corporate ethics, work-sharing among multiple offices, employee owned/ESOP"

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

"Make sure your direct manager fits with your style, and that you like the Department Manager managing style"

What don't you like about working at HDR?

"Not enough training for young project managers, career progression is not clear"

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Have better compensation plans, more bonuses for employees that do the work on projects that do well financially, better bonuses for employees that bring in large projects"

"HDR should not have hired me for this position, they did not have the budget."

What do you like about working at HDR?

"The way the company sought to create a working environment that made the employees like doing their jobs. They also were very proactive in creating social activities and extracurricular events for employees to participate in."

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

"Don't bother for the short term. They have laid off about 15% of their work force in the last 2 months and plan on more lay offs next month. They are very unprofessional about layoffs, not giving employees any warning before hand and locking you out of everything and making you feel like a criminal immediately after."

What don't you like about working at HDR?

"The management teams were horrible. I don't know how they managed to keep thier jobs. They made demands of the design personel that made our jobs more difficult and added nothing to the quality of the work produces."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Concentrate more on keeping the current staff busy and productive instead of constantly buying new companies and laying people off when work ran out."

What do you like about working at HDR?

"The pay is good and the benefits are good. The people I work with are good too."

What don't you like about working at HDR?

"I never get outside of the office. The work I do is super repetitive. I have very little instruction on how to do my job. My work goes through way too many reviews. It takes forever to get a simple task done."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"I would take time to train the people below me. I would help out more and give more instruction."

"Same old story. Another mid-level engineering firm with no motivation or incentives. Not a place to advance your career or to attain average industry salaries. You want more money?Then work more hours. These companies make more money the more hours you work. That's your bonus. One in one out."

What do you like about working at HDR?

"It was a paycheck and nothing else in Orlando office."

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

"Only if you really need a job and try to be at HQ or some semI decent office."

What don't you like about working at HDR?

"Evereything else. My experience is all about security sector in Orlando office"

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Don't hire a used car salesman and a retired beat cop to startup and run a business class. If you have to do it, make damn sure you know what they are doing."

"It was a great job, working at HDR."