Faithful + Gould Reviews

I have been working at Faithful + Gould full-time for more than 7 years

Pros – Match 401K up to 3%, good pay, training opportunities for career advancement.

Cons – I working offsite at the clients office, project is nearly complete and they have no other local work so I will be networking outside the company for employment. Would love to stay with F+G - they are awesome - hope construction work picks up!

Advice to Senior Management – More contact with the staff offsite. Keep up the great leadership. I am very proud to work here and would definately recommend hard working people to the company.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

I have been working at Faithful + Gould full-time

Pros – Management cares about their employees. Pay is very fair.

Cons – Sure wish they matched 401k @ 6% rather than 3%

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

I have been working at Faithful + Gould full-time for more than 3 years

Pros – Have connections to some key clients companies.

Cons – Management is only concerned with placing people on projects to gain revenue based on who is on overhead and not considering qualifications or best value to the client. When qualified people become available F+G will not hire until there is a project to assign so they loose a lot of opportunities to hire good talent. Pay increases and bonuses are minimal.

Advice to Senior Management – Focus on the long term picture of satisfied clients instead of the short term dollar in the pocket mindset!

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

I worked at Faithful + Gould full-time for more than 3 years

Pros – Great exposure to large clients

Cons – Disadvantages of both a large and small company.... No structure, slow growth

Advice to Senior Management – Figure out career paths possible in your firm and be open to employees

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm not optimistic about the outlook for this company

I worked at Faithful + Gould full-time

Pros – Let me get back to you on that one.

Cons – Upper management has no clue what it means to manage people. I am amazed at the turnover rate. The morale in the office is horrible. Micromanaging is counterproductive. Most of us are used to walking into a job where the procedures already exist and we just need to implement them.

Advice to Senior Management – For all in upper management, understand that when running a business, people are what keeps you in business. Not only outside clients, but internal clients (employees). Without the employees to do the work, you have no business, so value them as such. Understand that it takes money to make money. In some offices it is blatantly obvious the moral is awful, so stop turning a blind eye and address the situation directly. If there has been a revolving door in a particular position or department, wake up. There is a problem. Do not chalk it up to "personality conflict." Lastly, HR is supposed to be a place where an employee can speak to someone with the expectation that it is personal and will not be shared. Employees should have that confidence. My experience has been that HR does not have an employee’s best interest at heart. They are there solely to protect the company. To believe otherwise is foolish. Faithful+Gould has potential to grow up and play among the adults but it can't be reached because several people are incapable of creating the right type of work environment to foster it. The dinosaurs need to be replaced.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend – I'm not optimistic about the outlook for this company

I have been working at Faithful + Gould

Pros – Self managed, client driven and its all about billable hours.

Cons – Compensation, oppertunites and no future.

Advice to Senior Management – Take care of the people who generate 99% of revenue & retain highly respected clients.

I worked at Faithful + Gould

Pros – plenty of responsibility, but no rewards

Cons – not british, poor communication with team

Advice to Senior Management – listen to the client

I worked at Faithful + Gould

Pros – If you are only looking for a constant pay check with little expectation of yourself or of management, then this is the place for you.

Cons – Management is out of touch with reality. Most of the business leaders are glorified engineers with little or no competence in the board room, therefore many of managements decisions are misguided. The solution to financial troubles in years past has been to buy other firms, so as to absorb Faithful+Gould losses.

Advice to Senior Management – Hire the most qualified candidate as opposed to your friends and friend's spouses. If you want to run a corporation stop running your company like a mom and pop business.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

I have been working at Faithful + Gould

Pros – Good pay and benefits the benefits are about average. 9/80 schedule for the refiniery is excellent. Parking is adequate (I am reaching).

Cons – Disorganized management and reactionary approach to problem solving. They do not appear to have local plan and their regional and global plans are unrealistic. Morale was poor before some leadership changes at the refinery made everyone concerned for their jobs. Let the workers do their work an let management write procedures. Most of us are used to walking into a job where the procedures already exist and we just need to implement them.

The coffee is absolutely undrinkable.

Advice to Senior Management – Fix what is broken over playing CYA.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

I have been working at Faithful + Gould full-time for more than a year

Pros – Style of management allow each individual to take charge and achieve as much as he / she wants... Relaxed working atmosphere.

Cons – Style of leadership also allow an immature team to drift along without clear objectives or goals, resulting in cloud management, not suitable for a demanding client.

Advice to Senior Management – Structure and procedures are key to improved project delivery

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company