Pros
- Good starting salary - Insurance
Cons
There are so many, I don't know where to start. - The Work: I was an AIA, and trust me, the work is was given was truly mindnumbing. It basically consisted of going over sheets and sheets of unreadable P&IDs and trying to gather data and enter it into excel. It is work that requires zero use of your engineering skills and will not help you AT ALL if you try to look for work elsewhere. If that isn't enough, you will sit through hours of pointless meetings over and over again. - Work Culture: The management usually underbids to get the deal and as a result, you will always be pushed and overworked because they have unrealistic targets. They will monitor your efficiency to the minute and see how many tasks you have completed, regardless of the complexity. It doesn't matter that the drawings are unclear or you are waiting for data from the client, all that matters is that the task took longer to complete. And this will be used against you in your review. For all their insistence on wanting to receive feedback, ANY constructive criticism will be taken badly and held against you. - Career Growth: The only good thing is that they have a good starting salary. After that, it all goes downhill. They measure employee performance using a system which stacks your performance against a set of lengthy parameters which are almost impossible to achieve 100%. You will only get ahead if you are friends with the management and gratify them. They will let you go if you don't and blame it on 'performance'. I saw a few sincere employees go through it. They don't care about you, your family or your life but you are supposed to slog for Pinnacle. You will only do well if you drink the company kool-aid, by the gallon. - Management: The management really doesn't seem to have any clue about what is happening. They have just hired friends and friends of friends and are trying to run the place. They did a presentation because they sensed the widespread dissatisfaction among employees but they won't change things. - Work/ Life Balance: The work life balance is abysmal. They expect you to work all the time. 60-70 hour weeks are not a big deal. They will often tell you to work weekends and nights without any shame, and the sad part is you won't even get rewarded for it. My advice, please stay far away from this company. It doesn't know how to work and will throw you out without a seconds' hesitation.
