4.0
May 20, 2015
Recommend
Business Outlook
Pros
Not your typical desk job. 50/50 mix for most starting engineers between desk work and field work. You don't have to dress to impress every day, for safety reasons everyone wears the same thing. . . less laundry for you! If you aren't busy you're doing something wrong or not putting forth the effort. Good salary, amazing benefits and quarterly bonuses (you can't always expect them to be big though)
Cons
Being in a union environment means you can't always do as much of the hands on field work as you may like, you're more of a manager overseeing work. Sometimes there is a lot of moving around of people laterally and vertically based on attrition or need (which can be good and bad).