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WSP Employee Review

Underpaid and Overworked EIT

Geotechnical Engineer (Current Employee) - Toronto, ON - 17 December 2022

I was part of Golder Acquisition. Employees make the company and work environment, I've never seen the quality of work go to down the drain so quickly as Golder staff started leaving. WSP upper management doesnt care about employee retention, priority is stockholders>employees. WSP's own PMs are short sighted and don't work with the team, chasing budgets and bad proposals which pressures the Juniors. I have been told to not charge 14 hour days even if I've worked been on site that long. Half the team has resigned and found better jobs/better pay/better environment. Half my paycheck goes to rent. Great if you're just starting out as they will hire anyone due to staffing issues but after they train you, you can leave for better oppurtunities and better pay. Running joke in the team is that WSP is a revolving door.

Pros

Golder team provides great training but they are all leaving

Cons

Unaffordable to work for WSP, revolving door.

Ratings by category

3.0 out of 5 stars for Work/Life Balance

1.0 out of 5 stars for Salary/Benefits

2.0 out of 5 stars for Job security/advancement

1.0 out of 5 stars for Management

1.0 out of 5 stars for Culture

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