Big difference between onsite and offsite workers - Product Development Engineer DISHER Employee Review

2.0
Aug 5, 2015
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Disher itself is full of nice people who are very positive about the business. The Zeeland office building that Disher is located in is very nice. The Charity Check that they give out is probably one of the coolest things I've seen at a company. Jeff and the leadership team are great people with great morals.

Cons

The pay is extremely low. The work weeks are based on 45 hours. 40 to the company that you are contracted through and 5 for "Disher" time. The 401k match is based on profit sharing and doesn't end up being much at all in comparison to what other companies give out. To me the idea of this just seems unstable too. Some of the things that Disher tries to lure people in with is the positive culture, the Zeeland office space and the Nerf gun that everyone is given. With this, you have to keep in mind that you will be contracted out most likely weeks into your employment with them and from there on most of your time will be spent at the company you are contracted through. You really end up working in the culture of the company that you are contracted though. You start to feel like a worker without a home because at Disher you share a desk with the other offsite workers, meaning many times you come back to the office and don't have a seat, or have another persons things all over the shared desk (their family pictures). They advocate for a work/life balance, but it really only pertains to the onsite workers because they don't have much say for the offsite workers. I think the biggest con is the pay though, like my first comment stated. Once you realize that you are being paid a fraction of what the contracting company would be paying you if you were a full time employee (which they are usually looking to fill and while doing the same work) and a fraction of what they are paying Disher for your services, it's very hard to get excited about working there.

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3.0
Jun 5, 2025
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Tons of nice people, and most are easy to get along with. Cool diversity of projects. Great company if you're fresh out of school and don't know what you want to do yet. Used to be more Christian based than it is today. Good flexibility depending on the project.

Cons

No upward mobility, as company isn't growing or willing to entertain risk to pursue a future vision. You're always the lackey at whatever company they put you at, which prevents career depth. Expect to be an engineer working in non-engineering roles as a CPM, or data entry technician. Leadership takes advantage of everyone's "can-do" attitude and puts you on projects that don't grow you as an engineer because "we have to do the work our customers want". Most projects are staff augmentation, and many require long commute times to be there in person. Communication about your next project causes anxiety because it has a 70% chance of being an in-person, mind-numbing project. Pay is absolutely abysmal - expect to be lower than the 10% percentile.

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