Be Careful What You Wish For - Environmental Scientist Tetra Tech Employee Review

3.0
7 Oct 2024
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Field and office work balance. Field work is usually cancelled when weather is bad- you are not forced to be outside. Lots of different projects to work on means that you get a lot of experience, which is good if you are getting started in environmental science.

Cons

Doesn't help the community as much as they like to advertise. It is a business focused on profit, so if you are looking for a job that makes you feel like you are making a difference in people's lives or really helping the environment, this is probably not the job for you. Disclaimer: this might not be the case for all Tetra Tech offices/locations. The Chantilly, VA office works a lot with the DC government, so they are focused on collecting data to show government officials what work needs done. Very little is accomplished in terms of actual change that benefits the community. There is also a huge lack of diversity, which is especially shocking because DC and the surrounding area is a very diverse place.

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5.0
3 May 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Good culture, reasonable expectations for position duties

Cons

Difficult to receive any out of cycle raises/promotions

3.0
19 Apr 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Hired as a "fire-hire," the position is disaster based and 100% travel so you get to travel domestically paid for by the company. When working, pay is good, you can make a lot very quickly with overtime. Being part-time, I can take time-off whenever I want for as long as I want.

Cons

For my position, no natural disasters = no work. Living out of a hotel for months SUCKs and burn-out is real as you could be working 7 days a week, 12 hours a day for months on end. There's no added compensation for taking on an on-site lead position even though the workload triples. As a part-time employee, you have to pay more for benefits when working versus not working. There's a huge disconnect between part-time employees in the field and the full-time employees that do office work and upper management. Part-time workers are not prioritized unless they're willing to do whatever is thrown at them without complaints. The employee turn-over rate in the field is crazy.

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