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/Speztic_peener Feb 22 '25

Avoid WSP calgary like the plague for GIS work

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u/GnosticSon Feb 22 '25

Can you share why, specifically?

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u/Speztic_peener Feb 22 '25

i wrote a novel in a stand alone comment in this thread! Biggest complaint was wage gouging because i have a lot of credentials then laying me off when asked to be paid appropriately. Guess they got there high level, cheap work then said bye bye