Antea Group reviews about "coworker"

On the surface, Antea Group seems like a great company. But in reality they pay their executives ridiculously high salaries, keep utilization high which causes burnout, and don't actually follow ANY of the sustainability practices they recommend to clients. Most of their offices don't recycle or compost properly or at all, but they sell services to their clients costing $$ that tell them to be greener. Basically, they do not walk the talk. When I worked at Antea Group, there was only one person of color (who was also only one of 2 women) in executive leadership. Antea Group makes no efforts at diversity of ethnicity, religion, or any other sort, and hasn't made any strides at equity in the workplace. While I did not see outright harassment, it's clear that unless you're a white, middle-aged, Christian person you don't fit the typical Antea Group mold.

Not a lot of room for increased pay/position.

Work-life balance, pay, high utilization expectations

Minimal clarity regarding moving up positions.

You work a lot of hours.

There has been a significant recent restructure, which brought some changes that are still settling in. While not perfect, leadership seems open to feedback and willing to make adjustments as needed, which is encouraging.

- Lack of management involvement in projects; - Limited training, more of a trail by fire mentality; - Hard work is rewarded with more work, not increased pay or time off; - Company harps on health and safety and HR mental health programs so much so it is hard to meet utilization goals.

The main issue with Antea Group is the high utilization expectation (at least 90%) with the simultaneous inability of managers to provide consistent work. In my last few months, a new compensation structure was announced that included a 3% annual raise if the employee hit their utilization goal and no raise if they missed the goal. In one instance, a manager used a "good utilization opportunity" to try and guilt newer employees into dropping everything and travelling across the country to fill a last minute field work gap. I very rarely hit my utilization goal despite asking several different managers persistently for work. Tight budgets. Pay is consistently $10k below industry standard, although managers/HR refuse to acknowledge this. I was told condescendingly "not to trust what you read on the internet" when I approached a manager with an informed discussion about compensation. Interestingly, a friend and former employee was told the exact same thing several years ago by a different manager, so the guidance to managers when dealing with raise inquiries is to gaslight the employee into believing that they are paid a fair industry standard wage. Unclear advancement steps/requirements. Feedback (positive or constructive) from managers is hard to come by. Christmas day was removed as a company holiday. There are superficial benefits, such as fitness devices, food, Amazon gift cards, but these amusements wear off pretty quickly. Most employees would much rather have a fair compensation and not have to worry about hitting an unrealistic utilization goal than free lunch every two weeks. Minimal diversity, but I guess that's suburban MN in general. By the way, the "unsolicited raise to offset rising inflation" mentioned in a previous review was retroactively added to the annual performance review so employees were essentially given part of their annual raise a few months early.

Lack of Communication sometimes causes issues