Pros
The people you work with will be some of the most intelligent and professionally competent of your career . You will have a wealth of abundant knowledge to benefit from.
Cons
- No one in management cares about the employees - e.g., the most recent weather tragedy in Texas resulted in a project overview call where management yelled at and berated employees for not having their project numbers in order. - All support staff have been decimated (Safety, Quality, and Engineering) - Hard work pays off in more hard work - HMT mgmt will continue to fire employees and overload existing employees with all of their responsibilities - ad infinitum? - No ownership or accountability. There is no clear R&Rs or accountability system in place; blame is pointed and placed at the time of a failure - not before, and certainly not in time to proactively resolve any issues. - Management refuses to invest in CE that would improve our market standpoint and position us to win more work; but blames sales and Operations when our efforts to win work fail. - While I highly recommend working for the best in any given industry, I recommend staying away from HMT until the market turns. Ownership via PE firm does not appear to be working in the favor of deeper market footprint or increased presence in the aboveground storage tank business.