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Amateur hour
As if! I am senior and I'll leave it at that. (Current Employee), Mississauga, Ontario – April 21, 2013
Pros: free parking (had to think hard to get one)
Cons: everything except for the free parking.
Hatch works in a very interesting industry, however it somehow manages to be an incredibly pedantic company.

The majority of its leadership has never worked anywhere else. They're white males and have all become quite wealthy without trying very hard. Some, unfortunately, are pot-bellied dictators who will not entertain any opposing viewpoints or new – more... ideas. Many are geriatrics whose sell-by date was long ago.

For the most part, they continue to operate as though clients need them more than they need clients and, as a result, the company experiences wild swings in revenue and performance which, in turn, creates wild swings in employment prospects.

The company's systems are an absolute shambles and training programs are a joke. The cafeteria at HQ is like a prison canteen.

One word: avoid. – less
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It's a good company
Senior STRUCTURAL ENGINEER (Current Employee), Oakville, Ontario – April 15, 2013
Pros: job security, learning through courses
Cons: low salary, easily loose their valuable employees
It's a good company with great people. Learning is part of Hatch Culture. Hatch Provides plenty of course for their employees. Such as Dynamic Analysis, Pushover Analysis, Steel Connection Design and ....
All parts of the job are enjoyable for me.
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Employee focussed, relaxed atmosphere
Reviser (Former Employee), Montréal, QC – April 1, 2013
Pros: flexible hours
As soon as I arrived, I checked my e-mails and my tasklist.
I kept working on documents from previous days or started new ones, depending on the demand.
At Hatch I learned first of all, to work mostly by myself without direct supervision, which worked very well for me. I also improved my organisation and my priority establishment in order to meet the – more... tight deadlines. As I revised engineering texts, I also developped my rersearch skills to make sure the documents were clear and correct.
I had a very good relationship with my manager as well as my co-workers, since the environment is friendly and generally, cooperative.
The hardest part for me was to impose myself in order to follow the established the procedures which, sometimes, were neglected by some engineers. Most of time though, all went smoothly.
I really enjoyed meeting the engineers and following their work while correcting their texts. – less
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Great Benefits
Project Controls Manager (Current Employee), Canada – March 18, 2013
Pros: great benefits, including maternity top up for 6 months
Cons: salaries tend to be on the low end of average
Great values, you feel like you are appreciated as an active contributor. Hard to find a mentor that will help you grow and move up or to change career paths.
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Poor to no Job Security
EIT (Former Employee), Mississauga, ON – January 4, 2013
Pros: they cover p.eng license fee, and eit fee, good benefit packages
Cons: poor job security, not well managed, un-organized structure
If hired here, you better be sure to have your resume up and updated to reapply to jobs immediately. There is not much job security and they can lay-off people as easily as they can hire them.

Your time at Hatch is strongly depended on whether or not the team your assigned has projects to work on (as hours logged would be charged to Client). When projects – more... are deferred or Clients shutdown projects, be extremely careful as you might loose your job. The Associates (Team leads, Managers) are responsible for finding projects & Clients..and if they haven't found much work, the new employees are the first to be kicked out.

For new grads, be completely aware that jobs in such EPCM firms are risky and have poor to no job security. However attractive the pay might be, make sure you are ready to be called to that unfortunate meeting where they give a lame excuse to lay you off – – less
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Strong internal culture
Campus Recruitment Lead (Former Employee), Mississauga, ON – July 31, 2012
No job security as lay offs occur as soon there is a shortage in work, not advisable for young employees
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HatchManager – October 16, 2012

In my experience as a staff manager at Hatch, nothing could be further from the truth. Yes, layoffs due to market slowdowns happen, but only when all other retention/redeployment avenues have been fully explored and exhausted. Having worked in a few major EPCM firms, I can say quite proudly that this a BIG differentiator from our competition. Layoffs due to performance issues is another story...

RNIP – January 4, 2013

As recent grad and former employee of the company, I felt that not much was done to retain me in other teams or business units. There were no alternate options discussed and due to inability of the team lead (associate) to bring in/secure projects, I was at the receiving end. The company protects its associates and seniors more so. If in the company, please ensure that you are applying to other jobs as well atleast for the first year in the company. I was the newest in the team and the first to go as well and that too lay off on first week of December (time where its difficult to find other opportunities) due to lack of projects and work. (throughout my time, not a day passed when I had asked my manager for work within or in other teams.)

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best workplace
Sorter (Former Employee), Brooklyn Park, MN – May 20, 2013
easy job but there are times that it is busy, freindly place to work, love working with people and getting to know them.
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Great Culture
Shipping Specialist/ Kitting Specialist (Current Employee), Salem, NC – April 7, 2013
Pros: culture
Cons: lack of advancement
Great company that benefits early childhood. Examines content and compare with records, such as manifest, invoices, or orders, to verify accuracy of incoming or outgoing shipment. Prepare documents, such as work orders, bills of lading, and shipping orders to route materials. Determine shipping method for materials, using knowledge of shipping procedures, – more... routes, and rates. Record shipment data, such as weight charges, space availability, and damages and discrepancies, for reporting, accounting, and record keeping purpose. Contact carrier representative to make arrangements and to issue instructions for shipping and delivery of materials. Confer and correspond with establishment representatives to rectify problems, such as damages, shortages, and non conformance to specifications. Requisitions and store shipping materials and supplies to maintain inventory of stock Deliver or route materials to departments, using work devices, such as hand truck, conveyor, or sorting bins. Pack, seal label, and affix postage to prepare materials for shipping, using work devices such as hand tools, power tools, postage meter, forklift, pallet jack.

Co-workers are like family. – less
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HATCH is a very disciplined and professional company in which a person feels proud to work for.
Senior Mine Planner (Former Employee), Woodmead, Johannesburg, Gauteng – April 4, 2013
Pros: the yearly function and family days are fantastic.
Cons: working away from home is part of the job requirement.
A typical day would start by setting up your laptop, going through you e-mails,having coffee and start designing etc. Then to the canteen for a good breakfast and back to work again.
I learned a great deal of computer programs and the management and co-workers are friendly and helpful.
The hardest part of the job is working away from home and the most – more... enjoyable part of the job is the friendship with the HATCH family. – less
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Small size Gas/pipeline Engineering contractor
Electrical Engineer (Former Employee), Pear land Texas – March 13, 2013
In this company, I was hired as an Electrical Engineer, I also end up doing the design (CADD), checking, etc. It is a one man department engineer.
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very proffesional
Safety Advisor (Former Employee), Katu – February 12, 2013
Pros: free braai from client once a week on progress meetings
Cons: hours according to client requirement
Very hot conditions,We all work as a team and have a good understanding because we manage the job in order to keep client happy espacialy on the health and safety part,hadestpart is to insure an incident free culture(site)the most enjoyable is to have no LTI onsite
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Worked when they called
Banquet Manager (Current Employee), Milwaukee, WI – January 15, 2013
Pros: n/a
Cons: not enough work
They could use better people in the office that know how to communicate instead of demanding things for $8.
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Good job
Dock Worker (Former Employee), Olathe, KS – October 6, 2012
Dock work including stocking boxes on pallets and filling trucks with packages.
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Great employees and hours were good to work
Machine Operator (Former Employee), Fowlerville, MI – September 5, 2012
Pros: great hours and pay
Cons: welders throw sparks
Potential safety risks, welders would throw sparks potentially causing fires.
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Work as hard as possible and hopefully get a half day off on Friday.
Package Handler/Loader (Current Employee), Olathe, KS – July 24, 2012
My ratings are because I have never used your website before. I may change them if things change in the future.
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there is nice pep there
PRESS OPERATOR (Former Employee), Fowlerville, MI – July 18, 2012
Pros: the pep
Cons: onle one break for 27 min
Operated various types of presses. Sorted parts. Packaged parts for shipment
Performed quality control checks.
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Ambiente y clima laboral donde prima el compañerismo y respeto
prevencionista de riesgos (Former Employee), Copiapó, AT – April 25, 2013
Pros: seguros de salud medico y dental complementario
Cons: no se identificaron inconvenientes muy grato trabajar en hatch.
El trabajo en la construcción de líneas y subestación eléctrica es dinámico, durante el inicio de la mañana se realizan visitas a terreno en los distintos puntos de trabajo, durante la tarde si los trabajos no son críticos se realizan labores administrativas.

Dirigir reuniones HSEC con los contratistas, trabajos pipe line, además, de la construcción – more... de planta Desaladora e identificación a los riesgos inherente a esta actividad.

La gerencia entrega las herramientas para la realización del trabajo en temas de HSEC otorgando el apoyo requerido.

El equipo conformado por prevencioncitas de riegos donde el profesionalismo de cada uno de ellos ayudo a enfrentar y reforzar las debilidades técnica que pudiesen haber generado Gran grupo humano sería un honor trabajar con cada uno de ellos.

Realizar trabajos con líneas de alta tensión energizada en aspectos técnicos se aplico la experiencia adquirida durante los años en trabajos en alta tensión.

Poder desarrollarse profesionalmente aplicando la experiencia adquirida y la confianza expresada por la gerencia en la toma de decisiones en las diversas etapas del proyecto. – less
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exelente
dibujante tecnico (Former Employee), Santiago de Chile, RM – December 21, 2012
Pros: todo un sistema de seguros
es una gran empresa
todo exelente
harto trabajo en conjunto
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GRATO AMBIENTE DE TRABAJO
Intermediate Designer & Technican (Current Employee), Santiago de Chile, RM – November 19, 2012
Pros: buen clima laboral
Cons: mejorar el sueldo
ES UNA GRAN ESCUELA EN TEMAS MINEROS. MUCHO APRENDIZAJE Y BUEN CLIMA LABORAL
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Hatch supplies engineering, project and construction management services, process and business consulting and operational services – Read more