Working at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Houston, TX: 3 Employee Job Reviews by Real Employee working in Houston, TX Area

"little support from management"

What do you like about working at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute?

"I liked the excellent pay and benefits provided by the company."

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

"The pay is great, but the safety culture is horrible. If you are happy to make tons of money to keep your mouth shut then you will fit into this company very well."

What don't you like about working at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute?

"I hated the little support I received from from the management team. I had to find/write/develop my own safety program. Their safety manual copied from OSHA stating ...the employer will develop programs for... without stating what the programs were. I was completely on my own when it came to company policies and proceedures."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Quit celebrating the fact that you got away with only a $25,000 fine for killing five people within 13 months."

"I loved it."

What do you like about working at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute?

"the people, loved teaching and the students"

"Loved project controls, learning industrial estimating, costing, evm"

What do you like about working at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute?

"Company let me attend superintendent/project mgr meetings weekly and monthly cost meetings. Company gave me opportunity to learn other areas outside my normal responsibilities, like estimating and costing."

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

"I felt Willbros was a very fair company and gave good opportunities to learn and better ones self. I was overpaid with the experience level I felt I was in. My actual job title should have been Project Controls specialist. ( I did not fill the role of a Project Mgr as they had me listed) I did work hard, many more hours than they expected in order to learn more things outside my area of responsibility."

What don't you like about working at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute?

"That our department was unable to obtain work and was shut down. (one thing that contributed was a death on one of our job sites, although from my viewpoint I felt the company was keenly focused on safety. Another was a decision not to go after smaller jobs during economy downturn in order to keep our unit going until economy improved)"

What suggestions do you have for management?

"I loved my experience with Willbros. Just wished they could have found a place for me in the corporate office so I could have continued my employment with them."