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    Tetra Tech Reviews

    Updated 17 February, 2019
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    Tetra Tech Chairman, Chief Executive Officer, and President Dan L. Batrack
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    • "The upper management is ran by some weasels" (in 11 reviews)

    • "Little to no acknowledgement and no incentive for staff doing good, hard work" (in 6 reviews)

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    1. "Great company to work for."

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      • Senior Management
      Current Employee - Project Manager in Toronto, ON
      Current Employee - Project Manager in Toronto, ON
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      I have been working at Tetra Tech full-time (More than 5 years)

      Pros

      Family feeling while working at Tetra Tech. You can approach managers anytime. They are very friendly and listen to you. Staff is young and friendly.
      Opportunity to grow as well. Salary is okay. Benefits are sufficient.

      Cons

      Nothing bad to say about the company

      Advice to Management

      Keep up the great work

    2. "Technologist"

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      Current Employee - Technologist in Vancouver, BC
      Current Employee - Technologist in Vancouver, BC
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      No opinion of CEO

      I have been working at Tetra Tech full-time (More than 5 years)

      Pros

      good benefits, 3 weeks vacation to start. rrsp matching plan

      Cons

      Too focus in oil sand

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    3. "Typical consultancy; but my experience was good."

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      Current Employee - Intermediate Geotechnical Engineer in Vancouver, BC
      Current Employee - Intermediate Geotechnical Engineer in Vancouver, BC
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      No opinion of CEO

      I have been working at Tetra Tech full-time (More than 5 years)

      Pros

      Good experience working both in the field and carrying out design work. Great people to work with and lots of learning opportunities if you show interest. Good reputation as far as geotechnical engineering goes, therefore general good projects on-the-go.

      Cons

      As Junior you certainly start with the grunt field work and have to work your way up. Pay isn't generally amazing, but likely typical for consulting engineering. OT is time-and-a-half, which is a bonus when doing field work!

      Advice to Management

      Higher salary means higher worker retention.

    4. Helpful (1)

      "Downhill since complete take-over"

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      Current Employee - Environmental Scientist in Calgary, AB
      Current Employee - Environmental Scientist in Calgary, AB
      Doesn't Recommend
      Neutral Outlook
      Disapproves of CEO

      I have been working at Tetra Tech full-time (More than 5 years)

      Pros

      -used to be EBA, had a great reputation in the industry and excellent family friendly feel (work/life balance; understanding of family emergency; etc)
      -currently has management that is quite understanding of personal emergency (provided clear communication & updates)
      -encourages professional development (internal/online training), particularly in down time
      -encourages internal research & development projects (eligible for tax deduction)

      Cons

      -since transitioning entirely to Tt there has a been a significant change in the office dynamic; many people let go & rehired on contract; a real sense that the people here are now just numbers to the greater (American) corporation
      -no raises; bonuses; encouragement from greater corporate - this has lead to an exodus of many intermediate and senior people (in addition to those laid off) and an over arching feeling of dread in the office

      Advice to Management

      To local management - keep trying to do what you're doing; try to encourage staff retention by encouraging diversification of experience and training.

      To corporate (American) management - you need to regard the employees at your acquired companies as people, that have families, that have lives outside work, that work very hard for the company and will continue to do so with encouragement not with hard lines on chargeability and little relief for the few existing staff.

    5. Helpful (1)

      "Environment Practice is a Joke"

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      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee in Edmonton, AB
      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee in Edmonton, AB
      Doesn't Recommend
      Neutral Outlook
      No opinion of CEO

      I worked at Tetra Tech full-time (More than 5 years)

      Pros

      - Good benefits and overtime
      - Experience on different types of projects

      Cons

      - Under appreciate staff
      - Poor communication
      - Project managers hoard work and don't manage projects well
      - Managers have favorite and do a poor job of manager staffing resources for projects
      - Senior staff will openly throw staff under the bus
      - Environmental senior staff are questionable with their technical capabilities.
      - Rates are very high for the sub par quality of work provided to clients and reports are almost always late.
      - Management care more about project margins and profitability than anything else. Pressure from corporate in the US about money. Staff are just numbers
      - Managers don't address issues and rather let it slide and not deal with it.
      - Little to no acknowledgement and no incentive for staff doing good, hard work. No action taken for staff that are continuously late on projects or who do a poor job.
      - Senior staff will take all the credit for junior staffs' work when the senior had no input to project.
      - No opportunity to move up in the company.

      Advice to Management

      Listen to your staff and be completely open about everything. Stop being snakes in the bushes and keeping staff out of the loop about things going on. Keep your promises on upcoming work and not pull staff off projects last minute; we have personal lives and schedules too.

    6. "Great company"

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      Former Employee - Project Engineer
      Former Employee - Project Engineer
      Recommends

      I worked at Tetra Tech (More than a year)

      Pros

      good office culture and values

      Cons

      uncertain job security in the future

    7. "Engineering"

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      Current Employee - Engineer in Calgary, AB
      Current Employee - Engineer in Calgary, AB

      I have been working at Tetra Tech full-time (More than 3 years)

      Pros

      Great place to work fast pace

      Cons

      EP up and downs as per market

      Advice to Management

      Great Management

    8. Helpful (2)

      "Great people, bad leadership, lots of fun events."

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      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee

      I worked at Tetra Tech full-time

      Pros

      Relaxed environment, great coworkers,

      Cons

      Salary comparatiely low, little room for advancement, top-heavy leadership, constant reestructuring.

    9. "Great Company"

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      Former Employee - 3D Designer in Vancouver, BC
      Former Employee - 3D Designer in Vancouver, BC
      Recommends

      I worked at Tetra Tech full-time

      Pros

      Interesting projects , supportive coworkers and manager

      Cons

      I do not have anything to say

    10. Helpful (1)

      "Field Technologist"

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      Former Employee - Civil Engineering Technologist in Edmonton, AB
      Former Employee - Civil Engineering Technologist in Edmonton, AB
      Doesn't Recommend
      Neutral Outlook
      No opinion of CEO

      I worked at Tetra Tech full-time (More than 3 years)

      Pros

      Good company to start your career with and gain experience.

      Cons

      You dont get diversified experience.
      No room to get promoted.
      Hard work is not acknowledged