HITT Contracting reviews

The New York office has a major gender problem. Women are not evaluated the same as their male counterparts. When women ask for accommodations (such as flexible wfh to care for a young child) they are denied and seen as high maintenance/emotional whereas male employees can ask for the same accommodations as a condition of employment and be approved (real example). Women are overlooked for promotions despite being with the company longer and having more relevant work experience while their male counterparts rise through the ranks. The narrative is that this company is “merit based” but male project managers can lose large sums of money on projects and still be on the promotion track while women on profitable projects are demoted based on their male superiors feeling that they’re “struggling”. When women try and address problematic treatment with their superiors they are dismissed, and when they escalate issues to HR they are retaliated against and iced out of their teams. Male team leaders will specifically plan Happy Hours or team events when they know their female subordinates will not be in the office. A lot of the office is pleasant and easy to work with but when it comes to evaluating performance, the contributions and achievements of women are systematically overlooked. 6 months ago there were 8 male APMs and 7 female APMs (note, APM is the highest rank in operations with a female employee). Since then 3 male APMs have been promoted and 3 female APMs have quit, all due to the discrimination they experienced in this office. The boys club is impossible to break into, and the glass ceiling is very real.

Too many to speak of.... leadership generally is non-communicative, non-existent, and extremely weak; Ownership is lazy and completely disengaged; Leadership does not have a pulse on what is happening within the ranks; The company culture is solely monetary based; Senior management has a "do nothing and hope for the best" approach; New leadership lacks experience, direction and vision; The company lacks internal communication processes (random emails serve as corporate direction); The field and office staff do all the work and "feed the machine", but are not recognized equally; Project pursuit decisions are arrived based upon maximizing employee bonuses (not about projects or clients) and therefore work is always run extremely lean; The companies bonus structure is a "pyramid scheme" to the benefit of upper management, and senior leaders; There exists no exacting professional progression plan for employees (rules change at the whim of ownership; mid-year, ,etc.); Annual review process (the portion which is in control of the employee) is completely based upon subjectivity ( 100% on 360s, or the opinions of others; rather than actual performance or achievements); The culture is a reflection of its people, very "cult like", old school, clichés of favoritism, morally questionable, archaic, racist, and "narcissistic"; There exists little to no diversity or inclusivity within managerial ranks; Employee benefits are below industry average.