Pros
- Some of the best people I've ever worked with, incredibly supporting direct people managers - Huge variety of projects - Great industry reputation - Encourages involvement in professional development - Pay is decent and 15 days of PTO is the starting point
Cons
- WSP USA keeps buying up other firms. Merging with these firms has taken years, multiple restructures and lots of headaches. Employees in the same discipline are kept under different umbrellas, and this causes lots of headaches when trying to find folks within this massive company with the skills for a project. I've also noticed some "territorial-ism" when it comes to adding folks not from WSP originally to projects (favoriting WSPers over those recently merged). - Constant restructuring - Benefits are expensive and not comprehensive - Total lack of middle level employees, leading project and people managers to (expensively) fill in those gaps. Despite the lack of middle-tiered employees, those at the cusp of entry/middle levels are told to "wait until you've worked X years" or "get in line" before achieving those titles and pay. In this way, promotions and opportunities are overly bureaucratized.