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      CHA

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      CHA reviews

      3.4

      52% would recommend to a friend

      (171 total reviews)

      Jim Stephenson

      72% approve of CEO

      50% positive business outlook

      Ratings by category

      3.9

      Work/Life balance

      3.8

      Diversity & inclusion

      3.5

      Culture & values

      3.5

      Career opportunities

      3.4

      Compensation and benefits

      3.0

      Senior management

      CHA has an employee rating of 3.4 out of 5 stars, based on 171 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The CHA employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Construction, Repair & Maintenance Services industry (3.7 stars).

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      171 reviews
      1.0
      May 22, 2022

      Be careful. They do not care about employees wellbeing

      Senior construction inspector
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Great office and co workers. Just terribly managed

      Cons

      It is all about the company and not the employees what so ever. I was hired and waited 5 months to start. I even called 2 months prior stating I had other job offers if anything has changed. They said everything was fine and even agreed to a $5/hr raise to stay with them. At first they asked me to start 2 weeks later than on contract. 2 weeks into working there they said they have no work and have to put me on 75% pay and time. They then laid me off 3 weeks later due to lack of work. Human Resources is more like corporate Resources and do not care about employees. The insurance is terrible and you can find better insurance on your own. Then they lay me off and don’t uphold to their word of the severance package and even tried to put on the unemployment benefits form that my “Position was Terminated” which I had them change to lack of work. They do anything to make it look as if it’s the employees fault and not their own. I wasted $30,000 of a 401k I cashed out to just wait to start work for them

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      CHA Response
      3y
      I'm sorry you didn't have a positive experience. Unfortunately, not all situations work our for us, our business, and one of our people. I wish you the best of luck in the future.
      1.0
      May 22, 2024

      Employees burnt out, management out of touch

      Project engineer
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Other younger staff are all feeling similarly burnt out and frustrated, so we’ve been comfortable going to each other for support.

      Cons

      1. Everyone I work with is burnt out due to being spread too thin. 2. Lack of training for younger employees. 3. Ineffective PMs who don’t actually manage much about a project. Bad scopes resulting in projects easily going over budget. 4. No urgency with replacing engineers who leave. Particularly ones with a specific skillset that the team needs. 5. Lack of quality control (or the QC review is too quick and put off until it’s too late to do a thorough job) 6. Benefits are average when other companies offer far above average. No Christmas bonus. CHA does do spot bonuses for performance but I have not seen them often. 7. Lack of joy and lack of culture. It is hard to feel fulfilled and passionate about work when we don’t do any outings as teams and there’s very minimal office events. Everyone I work with is burnt out and the passion is dying. Turnover risk is high. 8. The company seems to value money and winning jobs over retaining employees and keeping them happy.

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      CHA Response
      1y
      There is a lot here and I’m sorry your experience hasn’t been what you wanted. I encourage you to reach out to me or your HR Business Partner to discuss ways we could help you feel more supported. Please take care.
      3.0
      Feb 26, 2018

      Great 2-yr stepping stone, but not much else.

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Smart and experienced colleagues that are great to learn from as a young engineer. Full services firm so there’s opportunity to work with a lot of different groups (water, transportation, aviation, etc.)

      Cons

      Poor company support for benefits along with subpar raises. Unwilling to advance younger employees even when its deserved. WAY too top heavy of a company.

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      CHA Response
      8y
      Thank you for taking time to provide this feedback. We are pleased to be able to offer a broad variation in the types of work our employees can do and we are working hard to ensure we encourage people to explore all aspects of our business. We continue to identify and implement enhancements to our benefit programs, based on both industry trends and feedback from our current and former employees. Best of luck to you in your next role and thank you again for the feedback.
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