Good company and office culture, somewhat lacking in upward mobility. - Staff Environmental Engineer Terracon Employee Review

4.0
12 Feb 2017
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Pros

Good place to start out with a solid, but manageable workload. People within the company are friendly and easy to work for and with. Good benefits and retirement matching program. Management seems to genuinely care about their employees. Compensation is good for the most senior positions within the company.

Cons

Entry and some senior level salaries are really not up to industry standards. There are opportunities for advancement in project responsibility and difficulty, but compensation lags behind competency growth pretty significantly. Good place to start out and learn the industry, but you may hit a ceiling within the first few years depending on the office. It's a large company, so to the corporate guys you are a data point with productivity numbers you are expected to hit. These numbers have a huge effect on raises and bonuses allocated to the offices as a whole, with less emphasis placed on technical proficiency or work quality.

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5.0
17 Mar 2026
Anonymous employee
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Pros

Great place to work at

Cons

Pay is a little lower than others

3.0
14 Jun 2026
Recommend
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Pros

You have sustainable hours for construction but there is mandatory overtime (The most I’ve done is 51 hours in a week), they pay you enough to live on, it’s good experience, upper management pays lip service to workers rights, there is genuine concern and regulation from management to provide you an emotionally and physically safe place to work, you’re never really rushed to do your job, and you do have the right to stop work

Cons

You need a degree in engineering or geology to move up and you have to threaten to move offices or take another job to get a pay raise. It’s not unionized.

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