Washington Group

[Rennhack]

Rate Washington Group.

[shayne]

I enjoyed working for them.  I was doing Startup on new combined cycle power plants.

[ageoldtech]

I would rather have bamboo under the fingernails than have to work for them again.

[HydroDave63]

I love how bankruptcy protection is one of their business strategies...

[alphadude]

the BORG

[illegalsmile]

I worked for them in one form or another for about 5 yrs.
If there is anything good to say about them in their present incarnation, it escapes me.

[Duct-Tape]

Although I have never worked for this company, I have sent out many resumes in the last few months and the Washington Group and the recruiter that recieved my resume.  Is the only company that has acknowledged it recieved and will put the resume on file in its data base.   nuff said

[illegalsmile]

If you wanna work for them, you should probably get to one of their sites as a contractor (Bartlett has a lot of work w/ WGI). The usually hire from their at-hand contractor staff

[picopoppa]

I was a RadChem Lab Tech @ West Valley for 14 years. Not too
many years after WGII became the "Overlords", they decided that,
'In order to cut costs, we will outsource the Analytical & Process
Chemistry Dep't.'

Am I bitter? Not really.
Am I working? Not really.

[madhatter]

I wonder if things at WGI will change after the sale to URS Corp. has been completed.

[alphadude]

changed already-  people were being moved with title changes weeks before the merge

[B.PRESGROVE]

Well let me put it to ya this way, I was RCO for 4 yrs and a sub contract for 2 yrs.  During the 2 yrs as a contractor I never had any issues with them, just the usual money issues.  When I became an employee of thiers all he.. started .  I will never work for a company that changes procedures on the fly to support thier wims.  They are definately in someones pockets. 

[105KW]

Don't believe they will be winning any " worker appreciation " awards at the Hanford site

[B.PRESGROVE]

  Yah while I was employeed at SRS I heard all kinds of stories that were not in the best light for Washington Group coming from folks that were at Hanford.   Again I dont care for them at all. 

[illegalsmile]

you and most of the rest of the world, but i know the folks at INL/ICP just love 'em

[B.PRESGROVE]

I find that most people that like Washington Group are involved in some type of burocratic job, wether it be management, engineering, safety, etc.  The boots on the ground worker I think see things in a different light.

[illegalsmile]

as Charlie Brown said, "Don't you know a sarcasm when you hear it?"

[B.PRESGROVE]

LOL ,

[Mike McFarlin]

No complains, so far. Over all, was treated very well, even financially.

[Mike McFarlin]

Will work for them again, just waiting for the call.

[YO!]

A large portion of the people that work for them are miserable and hate the company. A lot of people start out with high hopes, but those hopes are dashed in a short period of time.  The smart ones use it as a stepping stone or move to other things.  . Their reputation leaves a lot to be desired!

[Mike McFarlin]

A large portion of the people that work for them are miserable and hate the company. A lot of people start out with high hopes, but those hopes are dashed in a short period of time.  The smart ones use it as a stepping stone or move to other things.  . Their reputation leaves a lot to be desired!

Thanks, good to know. However, my exposure to the managers in the Power Group has been favorable and a likelyhood of more work in the future.

[illegalsmile]

I worked for them at Rocky Flats and INL. I don't see myself working for them ever again. WGI is a large operation and it's reasonable that people working in other areas under different managers saw different things than I saw and were treated differently. Hope it works out for ya Spankster.

[ageoldtech]

I guess I don't have bamboo under the fingernails. I took another job with them, couldn't pass up the long term coin. I feel like a wh_re.

[PWHoppe]

I guess I don't have bamboo under the fingernails. I took another job with them, couldn't pass up the long term coin. I feel like a wh_re.

No, you're just in it for the fortune NOT the fame! 

[GARNERNCNUKE]

I first came to work for WGI in early October.  They never got me my employee number, which controls all timekeeping and web page access, for almost three weeks after my hire date.  I had submitted all my paperwork to WGI almost a month prior to starting so they were fully aware of my employment status.  It took them almost a month to get my payroll fixed and over three weeks to get my perdiem setup and the Corporate office in Boise, ID said that I didn't get my perdiem on time because I didn't put my perdiem sheets in on time, which I couldn't do because I didn't have an employee number that they were responsible for supplying.  I have over thirty-six years of experience with over 22 years of it being in a training position and after they interviewed me for the job they hired a very young individual with absolutely no training experience to run the in-processing and training group because the individual's mother is a big shot with the client's in-processing group and thusly was designated as my boss.  In addition they low balled my salary, knowing that I was seriously trying to get out of where I was, saying that they couldn't afford to pay me what I usually recieve because it wasn't in their budget but they hired this inexperienced person who really should have been nothing but a clerk at a much higher wage then they should have been paid.  Over the holidays they docked our perdien by $36 a day because it was a holiday and we weren't suppose to stay in the area but should have gone home.  This was not in the policy manual that they gave me prior to my employment.  They are low paying on the perdiem rate ($20 less than the government rate).  They are working the salary people extensive amounts of overtime and refuse to pay straight time overtime until the outage starts but in my area the overtime is from 1/2 until week 0.  I was told that the overtime would start after the first of the year.  WGI is tied in with SGT (Steam Generator Team) who was just taken over by URS.  They obviously are good at what they do and that is pay the uppers and forget the lowers.  Don't recommend them to anyone, very clicky.

[PWHoppe]

In addition they low balled my salary, knowing that I was seriously trying to get out of where I was, saying that they couldn't afford to pay me what I usually receive because it wasn't in their budget but they hired this inexperienced person who really should have been nothing but a clerk at a much higher wage then they should have been paid.

Exactly why did you take their offer if it was less than what you wanted? If you wanted more you probably should have held out for the $$ or gone with someone else.

Just my opinion, I could be wrong.

[rcocharlie]

What a quote!
My feelings exactly.....Feel the burn.

A large portion of the people that work for them are miserable and hate the company. A lot of people start out with high hopes, but those hopes are dashed in a short period of time.  The smart ones use it as a stepping stone or move to other things.  . Their reputation leaves a lot to be desired!


WESTINGHOUSE=CIRCUS

[Mike McFarlin]

Waiting to return to Fermi!

[Jr8black3]

Mike, I wish you lots of luck with that outage at Fermi, keep them safe.

[Mike McFarlin]

Thanks Kevin, I think it has been delayed.

[Jr8black3]

Won't be there this time around, don't know if I'm happy or sad about it, all I can do is smile and say I'm happy where i'am and what I'am doing..Oct 24th she is shutting down,,I know that I date somebody that works for DTE..

Like I said keep them safe my friend.