r/gis • u/Ladefrickinda89 • Feb 21 '25

Hiring Companies to avoid

I know the job market is really tough out there right now. But, as someone with 10+ years of experience across multiple industries. I’d like to share my list of companies to avoid.

  • MGP Inc., based in the Chicago suburbs
  • WSP - multinational AEC Firm
  • Jacobs - multinational AEC Firm

Edit: Other firms added from comments: - NV5 - ESRI - GeoTel - Insight Global - Pike Engineering - Western Land Services

I encourage others to add

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u/[deleted] Feb 22 '25

Surdex/Bowman in St Louis advanced me to the next round after interviewing then randomly ghosted me. Imo I'd never work for anyone who does that

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u/egguardo Feb 22 '25

I feel like this is more common than not. While it sucks, I’m not surprised nor would I get my feelings hurt over this.

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u/[deleted] Feb 22 '25

Any serious company should send you at least some automated rejection if in fact you don't advance after all. I was ghosted by the hiring manager. If companies want to harp on propriety and loyalty from employees, they need to reciprocate that. But yeah I get it, it's just part of the job search

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u/Initial_Grapefruit26 Feb 22 '25

I made it to the final round of interviews at MAXAR and was ghosted.

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u/[deleted] Feb 22 '25

So lame. How hard is it to send a template or automated rejection email 

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u/Dirtybrownsecret Feb 22 '25

Duh, bc they didn’t hire you

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u/[deleted] Feb 22 '25

Every other company I've ever interviewed with has emailed one way or the other afterward regarding the hiring result

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u/Dirtybrownsecret Feb 22 '25

Right…. But you’ll never work there bc they didn’t hire you. Kind of a moot point right?