Horrible Place to Work - Jr. Environmental Engineer GHD Employee Review

2.0
18 Nov 2022
Recommend
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Pros

You can work from home

Cons

Their management style was terrible. I worked there for 2 months. They had me watch these training videos the first two weeks with little contact with other employees. And despite having 3 years experience, I still had to be "certified" or watched by someone with less experience, before being on my own. They also expected me 6 weeks in to find stuff to work on with no help from a project manager, despite the restrictions they placed on me for what I was "qualified" to work on. And then the project managers were angry with me because I was struggling ton find stuff to work on. They also are really picky about little things like timesheets, and they have no issue with pestering you about it when you take PTO.

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5.0
28 May 2026
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Pros

Evolving with the times to best serve client needs. Investing in employee learning. Attracting high caliber talent.

Cons

Change can feel disruptive for some, but GHD is on a disciplined journey.

4.0
19 Jun 2026
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Pros

Great starting point as an internship, gives you good experience to the professional and consulting world, pay for an engineering intern is satisfactory. Values of the company and support from coworkers is appreciated. Seems to be a psychologically safe place to work and make mistakes. No noticeable workplace toxicity or politics. Everyone seems to be authentic and chill. Not noticing anyone keeping their heads down and received reports of satisfaction with work environment from coworkers. Exposure to a variety of projects, including field work experiences. Seems to be a solid resume builder.

Cons

Need to be pretty proactive for work. For me who enjoys having work to do, its kind of stressful. You have to take initiative in making your own plan. For someone who thrives in structure and needs a bit of help in planning, this is a struggle. Limited flexibility in doing a hybrid role (even though job description stated it was when I applied) For someone who is 42 mi from the office and with heavy traffic takes 1h 15 min to reach the office, its a struggle. But I understood that my commute time is longer than average when I took the position.

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