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    64%
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    Work/Life balance
    3.4(56 ratings)
    Career development
    3.1(56 ratings)
    Benefits & perks
    3.1(56 ratings)
    Management
    3.0(56 ratings)
    Working environment
    3.8(56 ratings)
    Diversity & equal opportunity
    3.7(56 ratings)
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    4.0
    Senior Commercial Manager
    Feb 2026
    Perth WA 60002 to 3 years in the role, former employee
    Definitely an organisation worth working for and I am hopeful of being rehired in the future.
    The good thingsSalary conditions were excellent and the project I was on had a fortnightly RDO. Bi-annual and an end of project retention bonuses were a nice touch. Head office management were supportive and conducted monthly "welfare" checks and were totally transparent. Additional points given for quarterly project sundowners!
    The challengesBeing a project environment, the hours were heavy including 3-4am starts to align with international dial-in meetings (pre-Teams). After a certain time, redundancy became part of project life with no other projects to be transferred to. Overall Hatch are a good company to be involved with; they put a lot of other so called destination companies to shame.
    3.0
    Finance Role
    Nov 2024
    Brisbane QLD 4000Less than 1 year in the role, former employee
    Culture is probably the best aspect at Hatch. However, culture is not the only feature to consider when looking for a job. Unfortunately, flexibility, career progression and recognition were things that I found difficult to obtain during my journey in Hatch, and as a result of this, I ended up making the decision to leave the company.
    The good thingsCulture is the best at Hatch. Great colleagues and leaders to work with. Diversity and inclusion is definitely something that stands out in Hatch culture.
    The challengesFew opportunities for promotions. Bonus and salary review can be mysterious. No efforts to improve processes. Mandatory 5 days in office for everyone can be very overwhelming. Board of directors is obsolete and very flat structure with the organisation, quite old school.
    1 person found this helpful
    4.0
    Business Unit Director
    Oct 2024
    Brisbane QLD 4000
    Great people, good vision, almost infinite opportunity
    The good thingsChallenging and diverse work experiences available, covering all aspects of project & engineering management services across multiple industry sectors. Competitive remuneration if you contribute to delivering business objectives. Highly profitable business.
    The challengesRelatively inflexible culture, suppressing entrepreneurship.
    4.0
    Finance Role
    May 2024
    Brisbane QLD 4000
    happy to work in the workplace and building up very good relationship and good learning place as well. quite professional.
    The good thingsGood work environment and people culture
    The challengesFacing business downturn
    1 person found this helpful
    2.0
    Hydrotech Engineer
    May 2022
    1 to 2 years in the role
    A true chaos
    The good thingsFlexibility and casual outings
    The challengesI worked at hydrotech initially and found the management to be very rough which in turn stressed me on a daily basis. A job is not worth your daily happiness.
    3 people found this helpful
    4.0
    Engineer
    Apr 2022
    1 to 2 years in the role
    Any experience is valuable experience
    The good thingsGlobal energetic company
    The challengesWhen workload is low
    1 person found this helpful
    4.0
    Construction Manager
    May 2021
    11 to 12 years in the role, former employee
    Great experience overall.
    The good thingsHatch was a professional company offering amazing career development to all its employees. Their policies and procedures were well thought out and their document management system was A-grade. The versatility they offered with regards to office work and site work was well balanced and they looked after their employees very well when it came to site perks and accommodation and site specific training.
    The challengesDealing with local authorities and communities, consultants and contractors had its challenges. Problem solving was at times challenging but within Hatch there was always a professional colleague that could assist.
    1 person found this helpful
    1.0
    Senior Structural Engineer
    Mar 2021
    Poor leadership management
    The good thingsProvide a good opportunity to utilize your skills when there is a job.
    The challengesPoor communication between other national teams. Management in local office just looks after themselves, who can't be trust.
    3 people found this helpful
    5.0
    Chef
    Apr 2020
    1 to 2 years in the role, former employee
    happy to work always.
    The good thingsGood Environment to work and staff friendly.
    The challengesworking with senior and experienced friendly people .
    2.0
    Project delivery
    Mar 2020
    All Australia
    Frustrating from a project delivery perspective.
    The good thingsPeople are good. Great technical capability.
    The challengesNo project delivery culture. Managment competancy is poor.
    3 people found this helpful
    4.0
    Telecoms Construction and Maintenance Supervisor
    Feb 2020
    3 to 4 years in the role, former employee
    I would work for Hatch again, no problem.
    The good thingsThe pay rate was excellent
    The challengesCommunication to and from management and HR was poor
    1 person found this helpful
    2.0
    Human Resources Specialist
    Nov 2019
    9 to 10 years in the role, former employee
    Challenging
    The good thingsBeing able to meet different people in other departments.
    The challengesGaining some sort of acceptance with flexibility within the team and Company in general.
    1 person found this helpful
    4.0
    Project Systems Manager
    Nov 2019
    11 to 12 years in the role, former employee
    Opportunistic
    The good thingsHeaps of opportunities
    The challengesTough timelines with some implementation of business solutions
    1.0
    Mechanical Engineer
    Sep 2019
    1 to 2 years in the role, current employee
    Overated
    The good thingsNot many very boring
    The challengesManagement are the biggest challenge they treat you poorly
    3 people found this helpful
    1.0
    Digital Team Manager
    Sep 2019
    Interesting, but glad it is over
    The good thingsNo partner concept in company, so leaders in the same function don’t compete with each other for work and undermine each other like I’ve seen at EY.
    The challengesNo work-life balance. Building capability across business units. Attracting good people for the average salaries. They get huge financial impetus annually through “share” offers are costly and invariably require you to borrow money to buy. Also, salaries don’t increase a lot because they expect you to supplement your income through buying shares. It only pays if you intend to start young with them and stay a lifetime.
    1 person found this helpful
    2.0
    Engineer
    Jun 2019
    Upon reflection, very disappointing.
    The good thingsWonderful people locally, nice offices in Brisbane.
    The challengesRetrenchments seem never-ending. Global leadership does not listen - arrogant and self-serving. Regional management do their best and have the best intentions but cannot mask their own frustrations at times. Staff loyalty is not rewarded, or appreciated. Wonderful people to work alongside but global leadership makes this company very very frustrating to work for. Pay is slightly below average despite management arguing the opposite - the proof is out there.
    3 people found this helpful
    3.0
    IT
    May 2019
    All Australia
    large global organization, good office and nice people, low pay in my team.
    The good thingsFriendly working environment nice people good office
    The challengeslimited career development low pay
    2.0
    Senior Mechanical Engineer
    May 2019
    Rewarding at times but limited by in house politics
    The good thingsVaried work. Office work environment close to amenities.
    The challengesPoor career development and training. Highly political environment with senior management elitism rampant. Very difficult to develop a fully rounded experience base due to the fact it is a consultancy, you are at the whim of what clients want leading to lack of opportunity to properly develop.
    1 person found this helpful
    3.0
    Data Scientist
    May 2019
    All Australia
    Not a bad place to work but very poor pay package.
    The good thingsOk place to work. Ok place to work
    The challengesPoor track record in data science
    4.0
    Asset management Consultant
    Feb 2018
    As a contractor I was treated like Staff.
    The good thingswork life balance was good.
    The challengesnone really fairly easy to work there.
    1.0
    Infrastructure
    Nov 2017
    1 to 2 years in the role, former employee
    I should have taken the advice of my colleagues and passed on this job
    The good thingsBrisbane office, shared culture of frustration with senior management
    The challengesPoor and reactive management
    1 person found this helpful
    3.0
    Engineer
    Oct 2017
    9 to 10 years in the role, current employee
    Room for improvement
    The good thingsInternational company
    The challengesCommitted management when company is busy. When not busy, many employees are made redundant regardless the years of service.
    2 people found this helpful
    4.0
    SAP PROJECT SUPPORT OFFICER & DOCUMENT CONTROLLER
    Aug 2017
    Good company to work for overall
    The good thingsFriendships, working conditions
    The challengesLack of management communication and full disclosure of events
    5.0
    Construction Management Practice Lead
    Aug 2017
    14 years well spent
    The good thingsWorking with professionals
    The challengesRestricted by overseas management
    3.0
    Engineer
    Aug 2017
    Good working mates, but cutting off lots of staff has been damaging morale
    The good thingsBrisbane office working environment
    The challengesOverseas project managers do not care project staff. Poor project management.
    5.0
    Electrical Engineering Designer
    Apr 2017
    Brisbane QLD 4000
    Great working in a professional environment and being treated accordingly.
    The good thingsProfessional working environment
    The challengesBeaurocracy can be a little stifling.
    4.0
    Consulting Engineer
    Apr 2017
    Brisbane QLD 4000
    join a business unit with growth and that wants to change with the times
    The good thingsA good company, opportunites to work abroad, meet different people. The poeple are really good.
    The challengeschanging resource industry
    4.0
    Engineering
    Apr 2017
    Brisbane QLD 4000
    Challenging work at times, slow at other times, but a healthy environment for a long term career.
    The good thingsWide variety of interesting engineering project work. Opportunities to travel. Flexible and flat corporate structure. Healthy culture
    The challengesRemuneration could be better
    3.0
    Snr Project Manager
    Sep 2016
    Perth WA 60007 to 8 years in the role, former employee
    Fortunate to join company shortly after a big project win resulting in a 7 year employment periode
    The good thingsHatch has the ability to win large projects as it has a good international reputation. However there can be a time lag between these projects.
    The challengesPoor record of planning / securing a steady stream of work due to poor regional office management. Very little effort is made to retain staff once a project comes to an end and no work has been secured - 90% retrenchment in Perth with potential office closure.
    4.0
    Quality Manager
    Sep 2016
    LOts of diversity in role and location.
    The good thingsGreat opportunities when your skills are in demand
    The challengesThe downturn in mining has reduced opportunities.
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