Psomas Reviews

I have been working at Psomas full-time for more than 7 years

Pros – There are several very talented people in each office and most have shouldered the additional responsibilities that came with so many layoffs very well indeed.

Cons – Organization and communication is lacking in the upper management echelons. After more than six years without a raise, raises were given company wide but since most of them amounted to 2% it was very dissapointing.

Advice to Senior Management – Take advantage of the talent you already have in house and use/reward accordingly.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

I have been working at Psomas full-time for more than 7 years

Pros – A good staff. Fair benefits.

Cons – No investment in company infrastructure.
Management is more interested in stock value than the final product or employees.

Advice to Senior Management – Pay attention to business. Invest in your own company.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

I worked at Psomas

Pros – Great location, beautiful offices, interesting projects, well respected within the development community

Cons – The place thrives on underpaying junior staff. The place essentially makes the bulk of its profit on the backs of non-managerial staff while management gets to drive around in their company paid luxury cars - a manager blatantly drives around in a Benz SLR. End of year bonuses go only to managers while everyone else gets a grocery certificate.

There is a clear lack of professional development or promotional opportunities for junior staff. The only thing most important to management is that you remain chargeable - they exorbitantly charge their clients while they offer you peanuts. They keep preaching that the company is employee owned and the need for fairness and transparency but something is severely wrong when the charging multiplier is 6:1 for some people.

Advice to Senior Management – The simplest and best way to show your appreciation to your employees is to fairly compensate them. You can keep your Wednesday bagels and donuts for yourselves.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

I worked at Psomas

Pros – flexable work schedule, friendly people

Cons – lower than average pay for non-management staff, difficult to become a stock holder, low/no bonuses

Advice to Senior Management – Blake is an excellent CEO

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

I have been working at Psomas

Pros – Great People to work with

Cons – Not sure how well Senior Management understands what is happening

Advice to Senior Management – Listen to your Group Leaders

I have been working at Psomas

Pros – The information about the health of the company appears to be pretty much open to all employees. There are great medical benefits, compared to other industries. Flexible work hours and numerous holidays are given when needed.

Cons – It seems that upper management is quick to make cuts in staff when profitability is not where they expect it to be.

Advice to Senior Management – Take a little more time to get out and meet the people in all offices - more than just showing up once a month to give the "state of the business" address. Meet with your people and be open to criticism.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

I have been working at Psomas

Pros – The paychecks never bounce. Free donuts/bagels once a week. The office is nice and equipment is modern. You get to work on some of the higher profile projects in the LA area. You get a free $100 grocery store gift card for christmas that you only have to pay $45 in taxes for (which gets taken out of your paycheck). The project managers and upper management are very well compensated, so it is definitely a place to consider for a high level position.

Cons – The company grows mainly through acquisitions of other companies, not by expansion internally. This limits promotion opportunities. There is little or no sharing of work between offices so it is difficult to get to know people from other offices and what the strengths and capabilities of those offices might be. Bonuses are not given to employees below the project manager level. Little is done in the way of training and development of staff, unless you are willing to constantly fight for it. Once you become good at something, you will likely get pigeon-holed into doing the same thing over and over again until you complain about it enough to get a new opportuniy.

Advice to Senior Management – Work on staff development. Provide training and advancement opportunities for lower level employees. Consider bonuses for all employees.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

I have been working at Psomas

Pros – The firm pays well, they are well thought of in the engineering community and work on some of the top projects in Los Angeles and Orange County.

Cons – Say goodbye to your personal life. It is probably more of a function of the type of work, especially working for developers. I pulled many all-nighters and was under tremendous pressure to make profit targets. But, at the same time others did not make their targets and received similar compensation.

Advice to Senior Management – Give more opportunities to your mid level managers. Most of the people I worked with at the firm left also and now run the offices of many of the competitors of the firm. If they had opportunities at Psomas, it would have been much better for the firm.

I worked at Psomas full-time for more than a year

Pros – Fun activities. Good people to work alongside.

Cons – Workload was extremely heavy and led to a lot of overtime.

Advice to Senior Management – Doing a good job.

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

I have been working at Psomas

Pros – Flexible work schedule, fair compensation

Cons – Communication between mgmt and employees needs to improve.