What a joke - Mechanical Engineer Quest Global Employee Review

1.0
17 Aug 2017
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

I worked on some really cool projects. I had (at times) a great amount of autonomy.

Cons

-Pay sucks -Forget about ever getting a meaningful raise. -Instead of promoting you, you'll just get all the extra responsibilities and silly paperwork (and what an exorbitant waste of time that huge amount of paperwork is) to do with no extra compensation. You'll be promised a promotion for 1-2 years with it being held in front of you like a carrot, but you'll never actually get promoted. -Center manager (and everybody above him) spews an unbelievable amount of propaganda about how great Quest is despite there being almost no tuition reimbursement program (~7 employees MAXIMUM for all of North America are awarded tuition reimbursement every semester with no guarantee of ever getting it again). -Management appreciates inexperienced morons so much that they'll appoint somebody a center manager even if they've grossly mishandled a project so bad that they need to be moved away from the mishandled customer for business to continue with that customer. -Engineers are seen as objects at this company like a lamp or a chair. Experience is not valued, and management is surprised that hours run out before the project is done when inexperienced people are doing the work. You're expected to bill customers at the full engineering analysis rate even when you don't know anything. -Money is the absolute #1 priority to the detriment of everything else a good business thrives on. -This company is micro-managed from the CEO down to the center manager. -No center manage is allowed to think for themselves. They thoughtlessly follow their marching orders which impairs their faculties for independent thinking. -Center managers will lie and distort the truth to achieve their goals. -When half the center is getting laid off, center managers will still talk about how great quest is, and they'll promise severance packages, but find every excuse to not pay them out. -This company wants to be a big respected company so bad, but they don't value experience at all which results in high turnover which then prevents Quest from getting important analysis work. -Forget about new hire training. You're billing a customer (who is unaware of this) the same as a veteran engineer or you're walking out the door looking for a new job. -I could go on about how silly this company is.

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Pros

Great way to fast pace your career growth Learn a lot about growing a business and owning P&Ls early on in your career Company gives back to employees Work life balance

Cons

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2.0
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Pros

Mostly good people to work with. A couple bad apples. Flexible work schedule and accommodating when possible.

Cons

This is not a long term employer. No such thing as a direct hire full time employee. It is a contract company and when a contract is complete, so is your paycheck and/or job. True from junior employees up through executive staff. If you don't have billable hours to a contract, beware of the furlough/layoff. Very high turnover of employees. The bottom line will always win.

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