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3.1

48% would recommend to a friend

(47 total reviews)

Ward McMasters

55% approve of CEO

31% positive business outlook

Earth Engineering has an employee rating of 3.1 out of 5 stars, based on 47 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Earth Engineering employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Construction, repair and maintenance industry (3.7 stars).

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47 reviews
1.0
5 Apr 2014

Good for an entry level job but that is all

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Guaranteed 40 hours a week- rare in the industry. Very good 401K package with excellent company matching.

Cons

No room for advancement- most people are hired as field technicians/geologists and that is all you can do. Salary is not very competitive within the area and industry at large. There is the ability to go to school or get certifications but the people that have done that tell me how hard it is to get things approved. Been told by various clients that our training is poor or out of date and I often lost out on other jobs from companies who have told me they would have to spend too much to train me to their standards.

1.0
16 May 2025
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Pros

No pros. They prey on fresh college graduates, and put them in a field they have no business being in. This is basically a glorified construction job where they give you benefits. I guess the only pro is you do get benefits but that’s about it. You could slightly call it a resume builder but it’s not. The “skills” you learn here don’t help you unless you want to be a professional concrete tester. Your own peers and 2 of the supervisors are the only pros but you will never see them, you will always be on site.

Cons

-no support from supervisors -required to use personal vehicle -mile reimbursement is .50 cents per mile- .20 cents below the current rate -salary is 19.48 an hour -expected to work overtime, weekends, overnight -understaffed (intentionally to keep cost down) -poor training -work with antiquated testing methods (nuclear) -98% on site -encouraged (coerced) to use PTO on rainy days or quasi holidays -physical strain -once again- personal vehicle (this is NOT industry standard) -no career growth -deter people from moving up -NOT A SCIENCE ROLE!!!!!! (Envi., geo, etc.)

1.0
13 Aug 2021

Construction Inspection not Geology

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Pros

Your fellow field geologists are understanding and awesome! It is a paying job. You get paid your wage for overtime hours.

Cons

You are paid the minimum amount so the company can avoid time and a half overtime. There will be very few weeks you work less than 50 hours. Lunch breaks sometimes happen and sometimes not (most of the time not) since you are tied to your contractor and if they don't take lunch or rotate for lunch you don't get lunch. The management does not listen or cares about the clients. (most clients don't even know them) You use your personal car to drive on construction sites that are in various stages of development. from mud to the partial pavement You get paid $0.45 per mile but the office charges the client $0.55. You get paid $17.12 while the office charges ~$80. The dental and vision insurance is not that good. Medical insurance is not that good. To top it all off this is CONSTRUCTION INSPECTION, with no geology related work. you go to construction sites and make sure the contractors are doing the job they were hired for. There is no geology related work associated with this position. if you have your PG you are basically throwing your career away.

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