BV has been known to virtually steal information from contractors as well as make promises only to put them at the top and force changes that only benefit themselves. Why do they say one thing yet do another? I really wish someone would make an example out of this organization.
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I worked at BV for four years. Their entire telecom division is a mismanaged disaster, that is always a few steps away from falling off of a cliff. Water is a slowly sinking ship. And only their Energy group seems to have their heads screwed on relatively straight, for the moment. If you want to make it in this company, you'll have to move to their Overland Park headquarters. Every other office is nothing more than a satellite, and treated as an underling to the big dog HQ, even though all the smaller regional offices are the ones bringing in all the money. Experience, knowledge, qualifications, solid ethics, and a strong work ethic will get you nowhere in this company. It's entirely cut throat, and everything depends entirely on who you know, who you throw under the bus when it suits, and who's backside you kiss the most often. If you excel at your job, but certain duplicitous managers decide they don't like your honesty (instead of lying to their clients all the time) or unwillingness to play their political games, you'll eventually be shown the door. ONLY work at this company if you have no other options, or if you're young and looking to gain some experience with a relatively well known firm. Otherwise run away as fast as you can. B&V unfortunately has very little to offer apart from a paycheck, along with plenty of headaches and heartache.
B&V views HR as a project based function. Therefore, when some idiot in proposals misses a spreadsheet decimal point, or more typically, when some idiot executive makes an asinine policy pronouncement, the rank and file get laid off. Not the actual a--hole that screwed up. Although they will deny it, THEY DO HAVE A BLACK-LIST, and will put people on it to CYA. And unfortunately, they view a 3 year job as a "temporary" assignment. Any company that doesn't value it's people will fail under it's own weight. This seems to be where B&V is. Coal is dead, and they aren't the big dogs anymore. This scares the hell out of middle management. It's also turned the place into a cut-throat kind of atmosphere. The place is nothing but a--holes and mice. You must decide who you are going to be.
Not exactly true
but whatever