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WHPacific

Acquired by NV5

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Current Employee in Alaska - Anonymous employee WHPacific Employee Review

4.0
15 Feb 2016
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

The company is a well established firm with a long history of successful projects. It has had its challenges going through a failed growth initiative in the lower 48 that set the company back. It has rebounded under new management and returned to its former roots of regional profit centers with local regional managers. There are many talented people here and great opportunities for anyone willing to work hard and be part of a team. There are interesting and challenging projects in the oil & gas, mining, transportation, survey and environmental markets, and management is open to pursuing new markets and new ideas if you are willing to be a champion for it. Lots of opportunities for those looking for a challenge. The management is very family friendly and open to flexible work schedules.

Cons

The company pay and benefits seems competitive with the market, however, raises and bonuses suffered due to the failed growth initiative. Profitability looks to be improving so it is expected raises and bonuses will also do so.

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WHPacific Response
10y
Thanks for the positive comments. In the last few months we have been doing just that and it is exciting to see the energy in the company.

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5.0
29 May 2019
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

-Good support for entry level engineers -fun office activities -multiple engineering disciplines on site -large variety of projects -easy access to MAX line -free parking

Cons

-no lunch options within walking distance

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3.0
20 Jul 2019
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

At least I found a job here, still feel grateful for it. My manager is very nice and give a lot of helpful advice. I can spend most my time to do my job, instead of going through too many meetings. Office location is good.

Cons

1, Too many changes happening all the time in management level. We are sold again in 2019. GIS is not providing enough support to Whpacific for a long time. Hopefully NV5 can do better. Office manager quit, project manager quit, people feel insecure about the future. People asking "Do they want to keep the office here? Or they want to cancel it?" 2, All these local offices are running by themselves, they should share more resources and have better communication with each other. I used to work for other offices on some projects and my manager told me "You are lucky, they usually don't share their workload." 3. We need to have more young people and teach them how to do their job. Right now very few young engineers are trying to google or youtube about how to solve their tech issues all the day. You need to build up a team in which people can help each other. So when you need them to finish their job on limited budget or time, they will have the ability to figure out what to do. 4. If you don't have projects, you will end up losing people. If you lose too many people, there won't be enough project for you. Sometimes you need to invest in your staff more and keep doing that for a period of time.

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