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Professional Engineer Reviews
What is it like working as a Professional Engineer?
April 2022
The State of New York is ran by grossly incompetent people.
Professional Engineer in Albany:
Pros: I like the relaxed work atmosphere and the work / life balance of the job. The amount of time off is more than i could ever hope for. Once its time to go home I leave and dont think about work until I have to go back to the office the next day. I suppose the health insurance is very good and affordable as well.
Cons: The state of NY, and state orgs such at the NYSDOT are ran by some of the dumbest people in the country. And that isnt an exaggeration. The pension plan for new state members is horrifically bad, you pay more into the pension that you could ever hope to get out of it; and they just changed the vesting timeline from 10 to 5 years overnight so people like me who are between 5-10 years of service already are SOL, we cant leave and take the forced pension contributions with us as far as im aware. It is very frustrating to work for a state org that just does not care about their employees. My supervisor and cowokers all like each other and support each other, however it is the people running the department that do not care. The salary is much lower than private companies, and the PEF Union that is supposed to be supporting their workers doesnt do ANYTHING. Maybe you get a 2% raise on base salaries here and there but that is it. So why do state employees have to pay corrupt unions money every paycheck? Great question, sadly no answer for it. Money is the root of all evil and I dont want to sound greedy but it is very frustrating to see incompetence at every level but that is par for the course at every state run facility. I'll stop beating a dead horse now but being forced to pay 5-6% of your lower than market value salary into a pension plan where you will never see a positive return on your investment is quite disheartening, not to mention having to pay a corrupt union.
October 2019
Too many hours.
Professional Engineer in Kingdom City:
Pros: Technical work
Cons: Too many hours
April 2019
Unrewarding: they value speakers and project managers and regard technical jobs as dead end jobs.
Professional Engineer in Tacoma:
Pros: fair pay and excellent benefits
Cons: unfair promotions and favoritism for people that have not paid the price in work effort
February 2019
Great.
Professional Engineer in North Vancouver:
Pros: Commute. Dress Code
Cons: Phone won't stop ringing.
January 2019
Tacoma Payscale Survey 2019.
Professional Engineer in Tacoma:
Pros: Nice city, short commute, good community
Cons: Not enough work related conferences or educational events occur in town
September 2016
Mostly Good, Long Hours.
Professional Engineer:
Pros: I like the challenge and the diversity of jobs when we're busy.
Cons: Long hours and overnight travel. Underpaid and underappreciated if you are young.
August 2014
Very Worthwhile Career For Women Too, Not Just For Men.
Professional Engineer:
Pros: Interesting problems to solve - it helps to take mind away from other work and HR frustrations by getting absorbed in interesting work.
Cons: Working hours reasonably flexible but not flexible enough.
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