"URS was experiencing growing pains from a merger and the mangement had room to improve."
What do you like about working at URS?
"I enjoyed the opportunity to learn new software as well as use my field experience to a great advantage of the project. My project was close to my home , which was a change following 2 years on the road."
Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?
"I have no doubt than these growing pains have been addressed and that URS is continuing to grow. When interviewing, remain open-minded to positions outside the traditional scope and your chances of success will improve."
What don't you like about working at URS?
"The management of the project was rot with decent from the merger of Washington Group and URS. It took far too much work to get approval for work than was necessary."
What suggestions do you have for management?
"To put it plainly. The object of a project should be to succeed rather than to prevent failure. The environment was of preventing incidents rather than accomplishing the needed work."
"No job security."
What do you like about working at URS?
"Not much."
What don't you like about working at URS?
"No one knew what each team was doing. What a mess."
What suggestions do you have for management?
"Regroup."
What do you like about working at URS?
"Good fit, variety of projects, experience level of others."
What don't you like about working at URS?
"Large corporation."
What suggestions do you have for management?
"Review capability of others."
What do you like about working at URS?
"Good CAD equipment and software."
Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?
"Get hired by two persons, e.g., by two or more Sr. Engineers, simultaneously."
What don't you like about working at URS?
"Deplorable immediate and SR. engineering dept. management."
What suggestions do you have for management?
"Some type of feedback and problem solving system."
"Good professional environment."
What do you like about working at URS?
"It was a great working environment. The independence was great and the work was challenging."
Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?
"Be technically qualified, or don't interview."
What don't you like about working at URS?
"Nothing."
What suggestions do you have for management?
"Keep up the good work."
"First time processing this kind of request."
What do you like about working at URS?
"Good company, up beat, willing to train and work with employees."
Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?
"If you can get in its a great place to work. Employees and management are up beat and up to date with software, computers and everything that makes a company stand out."
What don't you like about working at URS?
"I was fine working there."
What suggestions do you have for management?
"They are doing a great job as management."
"After 9 years was laid off in the poor economy. Poor management support."
What do you like about working at URS?
"Good variety of projects."
"Good for an in between job."
What do you like about working at URS?
"The people."
What don't you like about working at URS?
"Too much traveling."
What do you like about working at URS?
"The challenge of the projects."
What don't you like about working at URS?
"Upper management didn't like to keep work coming in. We had to as engineers look for outside work to bring in to the office to keep working. The ones that were to be selling our talents and bringing in the work didn't."
What suggestions do you have for management?
"Be realistic."
URS has an overall rating of 4.0 Average Rating out of 5, based on over 91 URS Review Ratings left anonymously by URS employees, which is 3% higher than the average rating for all companies on CareerBliss. 96% of employees would recommend working at URS.
URS employees earn $70,000 annually on average, or $34 per hour, which is 6% higher than the national salary average of $66,000 per year. 29 URS employees have shared their salaries on CareerBliss. Find URS Salaries by Job Title.
96% of employees would recommend working at URS with the overall rating of 4.0 out of 5. Employees also rated URS 3.8 out of 5 for Company Culture, 4.0 for Rewards You Receive, 3.5 for Growth Opportunities and 3.8 for support you get.
According to our data, the highest paying job at URS is a Principal at $326,000 annually. Browse URS Salaries by Job Profile.
According to our data, the lowest paying job at URS is a Psychiatric Aide at $16,000 annually. Browse URS Salaries by Job Profile.
According to reviews on CareerBliss, employees commonly rated the pros of working at URS to be Company Culture, Growth Opportunities, People You Work With and Person You Work For, and no cons.
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