Kimley-Horn Associates Employee Job Reviews in the United States

What do you like about working at Kimley-Horn Associates?

"Great support with unlimited potential."

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

"Be professional and prepared. Do not demand a high salary, they will compensate you for hard work in the long run."

What don't you like about working at Kimley-Horn Associates?

"Nothing. Great company to work for."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Nothing. Great management structure."

"Great pay and bonuses, horrible work environment."

"If you care about your balance between work and the rest of your life don't work here. No matter what you do they will want more."

What do you like about working at Kimley-Horn Associates?

"There were some great people. The people are the only thing that made it tolerable."

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

"Don't work here. They've laid off so many people in the last few years that you will never feel secure. Also, the people they didn't let go have been quitting like crazy. When you tell people you are quitting they express jealousy and ask if they can join you. A recent Facebook group for former employees got almost 100 members within hours of starting. Only one expressed any remorse about losing her job. Everyone else was happy to be out."

What don't you like about working at Kimley-Horn Associates?

"Almost everything in the end. The are awful to their IS people. Everyone is treated like a techno-slave. You get no respect and you never leave help desk. Also, if you try to think for yourself you will be put in your place. They insist that you do things their way. Also, they want you to work all the time. Even if you have nothing to do they want you to sit there for at least 45 hours per week. Actually, that is considered not enough time."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Learn to treat people with respect, you may also want to try more honesty and less greed. Try caring about people and stop treating professionals like they work at a sweatshop."

"Great place to work."

"This was a good career step."

What do you like about working at Kimley-Horn Associates?

"The opportunities."

What don't you like about working at Kimley-Horn Associates?

"The negativity."

"Kimley-Horn was doing great while the construction boom was going on. Since 2008 it continues to layoff and close offices. It mainly relied on State andn Federal contracts which allowed them to charge higher fees. If when the economy recovers KHA does not clean up their old ways, they will not be able to compete against its leaner and more equitable competitors."

What do you like about working at Kimley-Horn Associates?

"KHA gave me the opportunity to learn about the engineering business and exposed me to new software as well as to work under a very disciplined environment."

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

"If you are lookingn for job security, do not apply for this company while layoffs and office closings continue. Company is very structured and expects all employees to adhere to its modus operandi."

What don't you like about working at Kimley-Horn Associates?

"KHA's management style is geared to making every employee profitable and to that end every employee must charge every hour of its working day to an especific contract regardless of whether it is true or not. Very deceptive. This fosters distrust in their business practices among the staff."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"At present over 75% of the management is gone. This shows that KHA was not able to foresee the market trends. My suggestion is to manage the business with a proactive approach."

"Great working environment, great people, great opportunity to kickstart your career."

What do you like about working at Kimley-Horn Associates?

"Great opportunity for young engineers"

What don't you like about working at Kimley-Horn Associates?

"The business structure pushed the engineers to think more like salesmen and less like engineers"

What do you like about working at Kimley-Horn Associates?

"The projects were interesting and the people were very fun to be around."

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

"If you want to work for them, read their website and pick out key words to use during the interview. Be real with them about your schedule. If you feel that being at work everyday all day is for you, you belong at Kimley-Horn"

What don't you like about working at Kimley-Horn Associates?

"The work load and projected goals are a lot for the company to handle. They burn people out really fast because they are working minimum 12 hours per day. I asked about maternity leave and they told me that you would be working a reduced schedule which meant 8 hrs per day. There is no compensation for the overtime worked. At the end of the year there is a bonus, but definitely not enough to cover the overtime put in."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Something needs to happen with the time management problem. Once people start to get burnt out, productivity goes down. I truly believe this is a product of poor management."

"I'd work there again in a heartbeat."

What do you like about working at Kimley-Horn Associates?

"The very different levels of learning opportunities, Civil, Environmental, GIS, structural, etc."

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

"Be yourself and be open and honest."

What don't you like about working at Kimley-Horn Associates?

"Tended to be very long days @ 10-11hrs per day"

What do you like about working at Kimley-Horn Associates?

"Challenging and rewarding."

What don't you like about working at Kimley-Horn Associates?

"Stressful and bureaucratic."