December 7th, last day - Senior Mechanical Engineer GFT Employee Review

2.0
Feb 23, 2018
Recommend
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Pros

As with most firms there are good a bad, I was growing the group in the office (and still giving away work to other offices) and the President then developed Change is Good (GIG). It was the "pro" it is was allowed my group to grow from me to 5 and was at a point to grow to 8 to 12.

Cons

The con was we could not hire until we had the work but that hampered the growth, then in spite of working thru overwhelming bullies and impediments to progress and having the good profits for the year, was told we did not have enough work.

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5.0
Apr 8, 2026
Anonymous employee
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Pros

great company culture, promotional opportunities, great mentorship, environment where communication is open. strong commitment to diversity.

Cons

I cant think of any that are important enough to mention

3.0
Apr 5, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

As a national firm, GFT has a huge emphasis and impact on many transportation and infrastructure projects, and work quite heavily with many DOTs/federal organizations. I also appreciated the diversity present within my office and leadership teams, which is a huge positive for minorities.

Cons

Mentorship opportunities are practically non-existent. I worked in a location which was WFH 2 days a week, and a lot of the staff would be bogged down with many projects at hand, unable to regularly provide help. A few of the senior engineers at my office in particular were condescending to junior staff. Huge expectation on junior staff to produce high results without very little instruction and oversight. Also freakishly annoying with utilization rates and work tracking.

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