Mortenson reviews

One thing that differentiated my tenure at Mortenson from my current employer is that there seemed to be a highly competitive (at times cut-throat) atmosphere that tended to breed a lot of "people drama" and unneeded stress. Couple this with a management philosophy that fosters "high level thinkers" and you start to see signs of dysfunction with an imbalance between "strategists/thinkers" and "doers". If you are like most people and find reward in hard (tangible) work and being in integral part of a team, expect to encounter some frustration. There is also an unusually high level of management oversight and controls. This could be viewed as a good thing in the fact that management is highly involved in all levels of decision making (thus individual accountability is limited), but can be frustrating if you like autonomy or are looking for rapid career advancement, or just need to get something out the door to a client. Trying to procure the simplest items for day to day operations involves an extremely involved corporate process. Controls/software/hardware was antiquated, but improvements were coming. Soft perks cycled with margins, but compared to my current employer, were somewhat limited.

Depending on the project/group work hours can get rough. My project routinely worked 10 hr shifts 6 days a week with the engineers expected to be there an extra hour or two past when the field workers were there. Solar and wind project tends to be in rural areas which can add a lengthy commute on top. Gay/Trans topics were treated as a joke among my team onsite. You need to have tough skin if you are queer and in the field. I also witnessed some comments I would consider racist. Corporate main office culture is vastly different from field culture. Management in my group shifted a good bit while I was there and turnover among engineers is high. Company only wants you to advance where/when they need you, not necessarily where you want to go.