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Updated Mar. 25, 2023
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"Hensel Phelps has excellent pay and health benefits" (in 71 reviews)
"They have great benefits and culture" (in 63 reviews)
"The biggest con that I can see is the work life balance" (in 82 reviews)
"Long hours sometimes but also they are flexible" (in 166 reviews)
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- Current Employee, more than 10 years★★★★★Featured Review
Great benefits especially for the long term employees
May 10, 2022 - Quality ControlRecommendCEO ApprovalBusiness OutlookPros
Without a doubt the best benefits for employees especially after about 5 yrs. You are eligible for company provide profit sharing starting in year 1 (@15% of salary to retirement account). Health care is a HSA that company contributes (if you get your physical) most of the amount needed to meet the deductible. Depending on position, you will be eligible for other benefits (which is usually within about 4-6yrs) like car allowance, a company vehicle w/ gas card, bonus, and company shares (which over time can't be touched by other companies).
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As an employee owned company you are expected to work like you own a part of the company....meaning that you do what is needed to make the project/job successful. Sometimes that is working extra hours or doing something not specifically listed in your job description. The hours are longer but in my experience, I think it isn't as much a Hensel Phelps thing as it is an industry thing. I don't know of any large (successful) General Contractor whose people aren't asked to work 50+hours. The company is aware of how important the work/life balance is and have actively made some changes but every project is different.
Continue reading - Current Employee★★★★★
Pros
Great! Yes! Awesome! Great! Great!
Cons
Not so bad! Not that bad
- Former Employee, more than 3 years★★★★★
Great people to work with. Bad leadership and growth
Mar. 20, 2023 - Office EngineerRecommendCEO ApprovalBusiness OutlookPros
Loved most of the people I worked with, it is extremely structured and peocess oriented if you are that kind of person who needs direction on how to do everything. Great company parties and always a good team to back you up.
Cons
Company grew to large to quick, it lost its culture. Growth is very limited and everyone is clawing to get a promotion to PE feom the OE and FE levels. Extremely political, promotion are more based off who you know and how you appear, rather than your work ethic and how you get the job done. Not a good place to be if youre not very politically correct.
Continue reading - Former Employee★★★★★
Pros
Experience, you learn a lot.
Cons
Long hours, lower pay, toxic corporate environment
- Current Employee, more than 3 years★★★★★
Pros
Learn a lot about office roles and responsibilities.
Cons
Not much field experience gain and usually an overworked position with an understaffed team.
Continue reading - Current Employee, more than 3 years★★★★★
Good company
Mar. 9, 2023 - Office Engineer in Dallas-Fort WorthRecommendCEO ApprovalBusiness OutlookPros
- Great for learning all aspects of a project. - Good sense of comradery between employees. - Transparency between upper management and young employees. - Your opinion/matters -- no matter the position/experience. - Awesome, down-to-earth CEO
Cons
- You can work long hours, and it still won't be enough to impress anybody. - The high pay/best benefits don't roll in until about 5 years with the company.
- Former Employee★★★★★
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Great work environment for interns
Cons
no cons all learning about the industry
- Current Employee, more than 1 year★★★★★
Great place to work
Mar. 16, 2023 - Field Engineer/Office Engineer in San Diego, CARecommendCEO ApprovalBusiness OutlookPros
Great benefits nice people great pay especially if you have COLA.
Cons
I have none yet so far so good it’s work and work is work. Don’t be a softy.
- Current Employee★★★★★
Pros
No one does it better than Hensel Phelps
Cons
I can't think of any.
- Former Employee, less than 1 year★★★★★
Good pay but ghastly work-life balance
Feb. 13, 2023 - Field EngineerRecommendCEO ApprovalBusiness OutlookPros
Great pay, amazing driven passionate people, pretty set career paths (this can also be a con)
Cons
The hours are ghastly (around 55-60 hrs a week) with no overtime pay and it is expected that if they need you for more than those 55 hrs, you have to be there. For young adults beginning their career, it leaves little to no time to grow outside relationships and interests, there are also no PE's really which makes it impossible for one to pursue their own PE certification.
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Hensel Phelps has an overall rating of 4.0 out of 5, based on over 821 reviews left anonymously by employees. 81% of employees would recommend working at Hensel Phelps to a friend and 82% have a positive outlook for the business. This rating has decreased by -1% over the last 12 months.
81% of Hensel Phelps employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews. Employees also rated Hensel Phelps 3.0 out of 5 for work life balance, 4.1 for culture and values and 4.1 for career opportunities.
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