Burns & McDonnell Reviews

Pros

It is a great place to work.

Advice to Management

Move the Houston Office to the Energy Corridor. The current location makes no sense.

Pros

Great pay, time off, and benefits, great overall package.

Pros

Flexibility, exciting work, sharp co-workers

Advice to Management

More transparency with bonus distribution and clear performance incentives

Pros

Coworkers were very helpful and always looking for opportunities to help me gain experience. Friendly work environment.

Pros

ESOP
Work environment
Great people

Growth is tremendous and I will try to ride the wave

Advice to Management

Promote more people. Delegate.

Pros

Stock Options, Yearly Bonuses, work life balance

Pros

ESOP. I think that's it.

Advice to Management

Just entirely change management of T&D.

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

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.