First job out of college - Associate Design Engineer III Fluor Employee Review

4.0
Jul 26, 2014
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Pros

This was a great first job out of college. They were able to provide good training and real life experience. The pay was very good for a first job.

Cons

The work comes and goes and when things are good they are very good and when they are bad you get laid off. You figure they pay you extra to compensate for the fact that they may get rid of you after your project is over.

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Pros

Very transparent, room to grow.

Cons

can be political, not what you know but who you know.

3.0
Feb 6, 2026
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Pros

Good for starting and ending a career in engineering — solid training and plenty of software available. Good benefits and WLB.

Cons

Most projects are PreFEED, so lots of generic work, and they tend to overhire for these projects. It’s hard to make it to the middle ranks here because of the overhiring and layoff on contract loss cycle. The 980 schedule is actually meant to be a 10-hr day, as they began to emphasize the importance of taking lunch. TOWP and sick days are lumped together and earned on an accrued basis, so vacation days are valuable in the beginning. You can be paid your vacation days at the end, too, when your salary is higher… the consequence is that people come in sick all the time.

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