Hierarchichal, transactional, old boy's club - Anonymous employee Tetra Tech Employee Review

3.0
Aug 7, 2015
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Sharp young people who work hard on administrative, logistical, and operational tasks; they are clearly overworked but remain friendly and caring. They probably won't stay with Tetra Tech long, but it is likely a good learning experience for them. The women with whom I worked, in particular, were accessible and efficient in a professional yet personable manner.

Cons

The leadership is hierarchical, transactional, and uncaring. The circle at the top does not seem to bother speaking with, hearing from, or listening to people in the field. In my case, they did not condescend to even meet me even though I was hired for a relatively high level field position. Their focus seems to be solely on the bottom line.

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Cons

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Pros

Hired as a "fire-hire," the position is disaster based and 100% travel so you get to travel domestically paid for by the company. When working, pay is good, you can make a lot very quickly with overtime. Being part-time, I can take time-off whenever I want for as long as I want.

Cons

For my position, no natural disasters = no work. Living out of a hotel for months SUCKs and burn-out is real as you could be working 7 days a week, 12 hours a day for months on end. There's no added compensation for taking on an on-site lead position even though the workload triples. As a part-time employee, you have to pay more for benefits when working versus not working. There's a huge disconnect between part-time employees in the field and the full-time employees that do office work and upper management. Part-time workers are not prioritized unless they're willing to do whatever is thrown at them without complaints. The employee turn-over rate in the field is crazy.

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