URS Employee Job Reviews in the United States

"Good starting company."

What do you like about working at URS?

"The environment is not as fast paced and provides you with the ability to really learn your job."

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

"Be open and be prepared."

What don't you like about working at URS?

"The workplace attitude."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"To learn how to speak to their employees and learn what their people do and need before jumping on a bandwagon."

What do you like about working at URS?

"Traveling and being faced with new construction challenges."

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

"Present yourself well and don't be intimidated by the magnitude of the URS team. It's a great company to work for with plenty of room to grow."

What don't you like about working at URS?

"There were no dislikes."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Keep doing what you are doing."

"I find it quite helpful and must admit, these are excellent questions."

What do you like about working at URS?

"Working in the private sector for my 34 year career, it was a pleasant and interesting 3 months working in the corporate environment. I was truly disappointed when several of us got the word that our employment with URS was coming to an end.I was impressed with the professionalism and the background of all the different ethnic group of employees there. I was hoping that being employed by URS opened the door to having the opportunity to work in many locations of the country."

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

"Be aware that URS is a large corporation and not a small company like many private firms. Go in with an open mind and remember what your job function is and the task at hand. In most cases, individuals, like myself have the background as a project manager, but at URS I am no more than a Civil Site Designer. I was comfortable with that scenario. If you are a non-degree individual know going in that it will be the Professional Engineers that will manage most projects and rightly so. I was comfortable knowing that I can concentrate on the task at hand and that is design projects and not have to be concerned about the items that go with managing the project. This is something that new employees need to keep in mind."

What don't you like about working at URS?

"I was truly dumb founded when I was not offered a position in a different department or other office locations across the USA and the world. As an employee for three months or as an employee for fifteen years, I believe that URS' human resources department is obligated to search for a position and to offer those positions to the employees that are being relieved of their duties with the firm. I must admit that I was surprised I was not at least offered a position elsewhere. I am not married to the Dallas - Ft. worth area and I have the flexibility of working anywhere and everywhere. The bottom line is that I feel URS didn't take care of their property.......me the employee. Being one of the largest corporations in the world, I felt I was not treated fairly."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"I believe that the company should look more at the experience level instead of educational level of possible new employees. Many situations will require individuals with professional licenses, but on the other hand, it is the work of those individuals who are experienced and have little college that get the work done in a timely fashion. Too much of the budget and way too much emphasis is wasted on those individuals who lack experience simply because they are not taught in school many of the technical aspects of the real engineering world. It's just my opinion that many companies get too top heavy with licensed engineers and E.I.T.'s and truly need to look at hiring more people with the technical backgrounds. I believe that many companies need to make their Human Resource Department people do more than work with new employees and prepare orientations. HR staff should be concentrating on and doing the leg work in finding positions for their current employees when the need presents itself like in my case. Yes, employees should be looking online in the careers department as well and applying for positions there as I have done many times. I really want to return to the URS system and I hope that is a possibility soon."

What do you like about working at URS?

"The Money"

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

"Never do something you know is illegal!"

What don't you like about working at URS?

"The right hand never new what the left hand was doing."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Upper management needs to work in the field . They do not know how projects work. Offices try to steal projects from other URS offices. They need to work together. They allow clients to persuade them to do thing that are not legal. JUST TO KEEP A CLIENT."

"Great global company."

"This should be an accurate assesment"

What do you like about working at URS?

"I liked the scope of projects that URS had when times were good. I had an opprotunity to work on some realy significant projects. I liked the way the people in the Mechanical Department related with one another."

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

"Be sure that you can enjoy working for a very large and beaurocratical organization"

What don't you like about working at URS?

"A bit more beaurocracy than I would have liked."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Less forms and proceedures would decrease overhead and increase productivity"

What do you like about working at URS?

"Had the opportunities to work in challenging projects."

What don't you like about working at URS?

"Would like to have had a more integrated company."

What do you like about working at URS?

"Good people."

What don't you like about working at URS?

"Horrible upper management."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Hire upper management who know the engineering consulting business."

"It was great."

What do you like about working at URS?

"The people."

What don't you like about working at URS?

"Nothing."

What do you like about working at URS?

"The opportunities to work world wide."

What don't you like about working at URS?

"The have decided not to do at risk construction."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Get back to construction and listen to the people in the field who know how to do it."

What do you like about working at URS?

"Very good company to work."

What do you like about working at URS?

"Get backing with everything you do."

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

"Get length of projects."

What don't you like about working at URS?

"Work is kind of patchy."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Get aggressive and let the district bosses get work."

"A good, strong company with many opportunities."

What do you like about working at URS?

"Good and challenging projects, strong management."

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

"Be aware that these folks will read every line in your resume and they will ask about everything that you put down so be major sure that everything on it can be checked out or else leave it out!"

What don't you like about working at URS?

"As with all big companies, office politics and intrigue."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Be more transparent with issues."

"Large company, maybe too large."

"Very good company to work with."

What do you like about working at URS?

"Good environment, professional people and good opportunity."