Pros
Few. If you are entry level and have few to no other prospects, take the job and learn basic engineering skills. That is, if they don’t cancel your offer (see below). If you have more than a few years’ experience, only work here out of necessity. Don’t fret about the stock program – few make it to six years to be fully vested.
Cons
Many. I’ve worked for smaller and bigger firms, but my years at ENERCON have been the most dysfunctional. The demographics are entry level personnel, entry level personnel who have stayed too long since they think this is a normal A/E Firm, Nuclear oldsters hired from utilities, and upper management promoted from within. None of these groups have a clue how to run a successful A/E firm. The senior level people hired quickly figure out what a mistake they have made. ENERCON underbids projects and does a lot of work for free, much of it warranty work. However, the biggest negative for me over the years has been the fraud I’ve witnessed. Accounting fraud (e.g. charging overhead accounts for cost overruns), schedule fraud (falsely actualizing activities), timesheet fraud (e.g. charging one project for costs on another), and most troubling, Appendix B fraud (e.g. backdating QA forms). If you challenge this fraud, I’ve seen people “frozen” out of work and ignored. Some of us could be looking at jail time if ever caught.
