Q&A With Golder Associates Employees

There is only one option that covers that general care, and up to 3k on orthodontic work. It’s pretty cheap too.

Make a career plan and actually make sure to follow it. Seek a mentor that will help you achieve your goals; otherwise, you’ll be stuck in on position.

Team work and communication

Depends on your performance, and how well you play office politics. People that suck up to principals seems to be promoted quicker.

Depends on how many people we are interviewing. Ask your interviewer.

Depends on how many people are being interviewed. Ask the person who is interviewing you.

Depends on your office. Usually, business casual will do just fine.

8 paid holidays, and vacation times accrues depending on your time in the company (2 weeks a year for the first five years, 3 weeks up to 10 years, and so on)

We are still employee owned, but it getting increasingly more corporate with increased employee benefit cuts as time goes by. There is no incentive to profesional development ( I.e no benefit or reimbursement for passing the PE, no travel compensation, etc). On the other hand, the cuts make for a higher profit for share owners.

We get performance based salary increases every year.

Business casual will do. Good luck!

Legally, we all get the same mandatory federal FMLA time (12 weeks per year).

It depends what office you work for. If you are in a larger office, and there is a need for it, you can switch departments. However, if you work in a smaller office, people often wear multiple hats, so you have a chance to work in different kinds of projects. Now, we are organized by sectors (i.e. mining, urban development, oil & gas, etc), and there are teams of people with skill sets that cater to that particular market. In that case, it might be a bit more cumbersome as your particular skills might not be a good fit for that team.