proletariat
Civil/Environmental
- Apr 15, 2005
- 148
I started out in big construction, and had waaaay more responsibility than I was ready for. I feel like I rose to the occasion and was adequate in the role. Adequate enough, anyway, to get promoted in the company.
I went to government, and responsibility stayed the same, but I was treated more like a peon, which I was fine with. I knew the govt. job was a temporary affair.
Now I'm in a civil consulting A/E firm, and my responsibility has regressed back to Co-op/Internship levels. This is a very small firm, which is surprising because before joining, I assumed small-firm empolyees would have huge personal responsibility requirements and wear many hats. For example, I have spoken to a client maybe 5 times in 1.5 years working here. I have no chance of standing before a planning board meeting to present a project for another 2 years.
Those of you in civil consulting, do you feel reigned in or stifled. Is this just the way of the consulting industry, and I should go back to construction if I want a free hand to conduct things as I see appropriate?
I am planning to job hunt soon, and am curious if another civil consulting firm is really what I need. If they are all meek hand-holding institutions in search of plow horses maybe I'm better off back in construction where a thorobred is appreciated. (not that i'm some hotshot thorobred, but that's the best analogy I can come up with)
I went to government, and responsibility stayed the same, but I was treated more like a peon, which I was fine with. I knew the govt. job was a temporary affair.
Now I'm in a civil consulting A/E firm, and my responsibility has regressed back to Co-op/Internship levels. This is a very small firm, which is surprising because before joining, I assumed small-firm empolyees would have huge personal responsibility requirements and wear many hats. For example, I have spoken to a client maybe 5 times in 1.5 years working here. I have no chance of standing before a planning board meeting to present a project for another 2 years.
Those of you in civil consulting, do you feel reigned in or stifled. Is this just the way of the consulting industry, and I should go back to construction if I want a free hand to conduct things as I see appropriate?
I am planning to job hunt soon, and am curious if another civil consulting firm is really what I need. If they are all meek hand-holding institutions in search of plow horses maybe I'm better off back in construction where a thorobred is appreciated. (not that i'm some hotshot thorobred, but that's the best analogy I can come up with)
