11: Golder Associates Employee Reviews

Golder was a technically very capable consultancy, with a good professional culture. It has increasingly become a very poor work/life balance with work hours of 50+ per week. There is no serious advancement unless you buy it (buying shares). Management is self interested and cares little for the skills and interests of staff. There are better companies to work for.

Cons

Long hours

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Toxic environment, old boys club

Geotechnical Engineer (Former Employee) - Brisbane Australia - 1 October 2020

Poor management, over rated and greedy. Rely too heavily on past victories. No help or support provided when needed. Lost direction as a consequence of a revised management structure.

Pros

none

Cons

No future with no shares

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goog group of people

Project Accountant (Former Employee) - Perth WA - 13 January 2020

nice group of people to work with. Some of the long standing associates could be very crass and demanding at times. Often given very short deadlines and expected to stay behind to finish even if it was after hours .

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Great place to Learn and Grow

Business Support Manager, Associate (Current Employee) - Brisbane QLD - 21 September 2018

The management team and culture at Golder is fantastic. It is like one big family! The company provides fantastic learning and growth opportunties for it's staff. Would recommend Golder to anyone starting out their career in consulting.

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Breakout area with table tennis table, good coffeee machine and lovely views

Senior CAD Draftsperson/Technical Illustrator (Former Employee) - St Leonards NSW - 18 September 2018

This company is productive and innovative, with lots of diverse engineering disciplines. I enjoyed working for this company, and made a lot of friends. The culture is one of mutual respect and teamwork. My day began with coffee and a quick reassessment of deadlines. Chargeables were measured in 15 minute intervals, and I averaged 30 - 35 chargeable hours per week, often working back to achieve this. I relished the challenge of presenting analytical data, survey plans, geotechnical cross sections, civil design, mapping, EIS, whatever was necessary. I enjoyed the satisfaction of contributing to a team outcome, and being responsible for my own quality input. There was a huge volume of work, and I was busy every day.

Pros

Trust, fascinating industry

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Terrible work place with very poor management

Project Engineer (Former Employee) - Perth WA - 16 September 2017

Golder is a horrible place to work at. The management is extremely poor and the associate and principal system they have in place is very outdated and inefficient.

Pros

Hardly any

Cons

Terrible management, very unfaithful to employees

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Market changes

ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENTIST / CONSULTANT (Current Employee) - melbourne - 21 July 2015

Started as a graduate here, with 2 great years, with a fantastic culture and where I felt I had opportunities for my career and personal development. The past 1.5 years have been hard and overall I have received negligible pay increases and dwindling work in the space I am interested in.

Pros

initial culture, young professionals group

Cons

lack of pay increase, lack of sustainability work

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Great company to work for

Senior Geostatistician (Former Employee) - Perth, WA - 20 June 2015

Great company to work for. Great culture and people. It provides employees with a unique work environment and career opportunities

Pros

Great culture, work life balance

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Collaborative

HD Coordinator (Former Employee) - Sydney - 23 February 2015

Engineering industry is going through hard time and employers are making positions redundant and restructuring their companies.

Pros

Nice people

Cons

job insecurity

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Highly professional career

Professional Environmental Scientist (Former Employee) - Sydney, NSW - 18 December 2013

Very productive busy and challenging day Extended my teamwork and management skills Learned to manage high grade projects My colleagues are very professionals Hardest part of the job is travelling and driving for long hours The most enjoyable part of the job is daily challenage