Burns & McDonnell Reviews

Pros

-entrepreneurial spirit is refreshing
-exciting/leading edge initiatives
-very inclusive culture
-new ideas are welcomed
-amazing incentivized compensation structure (base+bonus+stock+great dividends) ; a very rewarding system that consistently recognizes employees that make a difference
-low turnover (large repeat clients love this, lots of familiar faces on teams)
-great rapport with clients ( engineers are encouraged to interact directly with client counterparts)
-lots of free stuff & perks
-big emphasis on work-life balance
-I had an inspiring manager who followed ‘service-based-leadership’
-very supportive of professional development, training, development of specialized expertise (paid all/most of this for you)
-flex schedule awesome
-the diversity is refreshing
-very progressive environment that fosters creativity & innovation
-managers always looking to groom their successors, and encourage leadership
-lots of support for career rotations ( balance out various aspects of your knowledge base)
-very helpful mentoring & rising star programs
-good performance feedback (they want you to know how you are doing, and they encourage you to ask)
-lots of open doors
-not a lot of middle management (flat org structure), therefore lots of opportunity
-there is no better place in Houston to build a rewarding career & establish some of the best friends and work family you will ever have
-empathy is a valued trait in this organization
-you truly feel that your feedback on the company, and its business goals are important
-President of of Burns & McDonnell-Houston is inspiring, visionary, personable

Advice to Management

-keep building & balancing out your Houston presence across global practices, you are steadily cementing yourself as a ‘powerhouse’ in Houston (Gulf Coast), and are making other engineering consultants look like dinosaurs - you don’t have to be the largest to perform highly valued, complex, creative & high quality work for our clients, and you are developing amazing leaders, and delivering unprecedented levels of technical excellence and ingenious project execution strategies that turn heads and inspire!

Pros

- 100% Employee Owned
- Lots of growth opportunities
- Management values employees and works hard to accommodate employee requests
- Work is challenging and engaging
- End of Year profit sharing typically leads to large bonuses

Advice to Management

Keep on communicating appreciation and value to employees

Pros

-Great compensation
-Great opportunities
-Transparent upper management

Pros

The people hired are ethical and intelligent. My fellow coworkers were the highlight of working there. The firm values their talent and does everything they can to retain. Overall, a good energy place to work.

Advice to Management

Keep up the culture and hiring practices for employee personas. Be more flexible with titles and compensation brackets and make sure they align with actual job duties and work delivered.

Pros

The company has great benefits

Pros

Great people
Lots of opportunity for advancement
Very supportive

Pros

Some great benefits, much better than my last employer. Compensation is a little convoluted, I actually took less base pay, but make much more with bonuses. Additionally, there is also an employee stock ownership program. They give me the resources I need to succeed in my position. My previous employer refused to upgrade my computer even though it would repeatedly crash and make me unproductive.

Advice to Management

A more flexible work schedule would be nice. Either a flex 80 schedule or a 4-9's and a 4 schedule would allow for more time at home to do chores or run errands, which allow more quality time with family.

Pros

Great co-workers, decent office environment, opportunity to learn and advance your skills and knowledge working with professional engineers.

Pros

ESOP is very good benefit

Pros

Bonuses are higher than other places, IME