Unique opportunities - Environmental scientist 1 Tetra Tech Employee Review

4.0
Jan 3, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Large company means wide array of potential projects. I was part time so I worked at an hourly rate with per diem when on projects greater than 50 miles from home.

Cons

Getting a feeling of tightening here at the moment. Expense reports are being scrutinized more, I hear of full time employees being furloughed/let go. I worked on disaster remediation and was working 11+ hours 7 days a week for weeks at a time, then had as much time off as I wanted to.

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5.0
May 3, 2026
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Pros

Good culture, reasonable expectations for position duties

Cons

Difficult to receive any out of cycle raises/promotions

3.0
Apr 19, 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Hired as a "fire-hire," the position is disaster based and 100% travel so you get to travel domestically paid for by the company. When working, pay is good, you can make a lot very quickly with overtime. Being part-time, I can take time-off whenever I want for as long as I want.

Cons

For my position, no natural disasters = no work. Living out of a hotel for months SUCKs and burn-out is real as you could be working 7 days a week, 12 hours a day for months on end. There's no added compensation for taking on an on-site lead position even though the workload triples. As a part-time employee, you have to pay more for benefits when working versus not working. There's a huge disconnect between part-time employees in the field and the full-time employees that do office work and upper management. Part-time workers are not prioritized unless they're willing to do whatever is thrown at them without complaints. The employee turn-over rate in the field is crazy.

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