No, just licensed in TX. I just need a work horse who doesn't mind not having that face to face client interaction. All work would be based in Central TX but I have local people to run around.
I am in Idaho but licensed in Texas. One of my coworkers just interviewed down there and from what I hear will making about 20k more than me if he gets the municipal job. Most private insurance packages I see suck seriously.
Austin, the capital of Texas and 10th largest city in the U.S. has had over 100,000 customers without power for over 3 days because the temperature dropped below 30 degrees again.
1) the fact that women and LGBTQ+ people are literally not treated as fully human with bodily autonomy
2) the lack of a regulatory framework that protects people in the case of major civil malpractice
3) no functional power grid any time it gets below 20F or above 95F
4) School system that teaches ideology, not facts.
Itās always interesting to me how someone can have opinions this strong and label an entire state as bad when theyāve never lived here and likely formed their entire view from stuff they see on social media. Meanwhile itās one of the most popular states people move to so must not be the shitshow irl that everyone online imagines.
I've lived in Texas for over 40 years.
And I remember a time when the power grid only failed during a natural disaster like a Hurricane, but now I'm seeing people in Austin go for more than 3 days without power. All because the temperature dropped below 30 degrees.
The lack of a stable power grid is what caused me to move.
This was a natural disaster, hence the Disaster Declaration by the governor. It was an ice storm that laid up to an inch of ice across almost the entire state. The temperature being below 30 degrees is not why weāre dealing with these power outages lol. It was the literal tons of ice on trees and power lines causing them to break. Itās depressing to see entire neighborhoods with no trees left. Weāve had several other days below 30 with no issues, but you donāt see news stories about those days, only when something goes wrong.
One of the main reasons Austin was so unevenly effected was due to homeowners in Austin forcing the electric company to reduce its tree trimming requirements to āprotect the treesā and even allowed homeowners to refuse trimming back in 2007. Thankfully this was reversed by AE in 2019, but coupled with Covid worker shortages they havenāt been able to keep up with backlog. Maybe weāll see these old areas of Austin finally get the buried lines like the rest of us.
Thereās a huge difference between saying shit online and in the office. News flash, civil engineering is actually hugely tied into politics, most large engineering firms have PACās for that very reason.
As a woman, I am literally putting myself in harm's way if I ever step foot in Texas. You can bet your ass I'll never work or accept an assignment to work there.
OP is asking why it's hard to find a PE willing to work in Texas. The current political climate may have something to do with it.
The firm I used to work for was looking to hire another PE last summer. They made an offer to someone in California with an impressive resume. While he was negotiating his relocation costs and salary, there was a Supreme Court decision last June that made him and his wife decide that maybe Texas wasn't the best place to raise their daughters.
My partner and I are both LGBTQ+. It's going to be really hard to convince anyone who isn't cishet that they will continue to have human rights in this current political climate.
But that's my two cents. Sorry, my rights have become an uncomfortable political discussion for you.
No. Rule 2 of the sub is No Hate Speech. It may not seem like hate speech to you, since you donāt like Christians. But replace the word Christian in your comment with a marginalized religious group in the US and youāll see how your comment is offensive.
Dude. Grown men donāt tattle on other men just because they feel like pretending to be outraged. Grow up. Grow a pair. 65% of Americans are Christian. Iād hardly call yourself marginalized. Wow, what a home owner.
Wow dude, you really are a little bitch lol. How many people do you report a day? Iām just looking at your comments and every other one is āhey mods. I feel uncomfortable. Can you please ban this guy?ā āItās been 24 hours mods, wheee are you? Iām scared.ā Are you really a grown man?
Same in California, I can't vote out these democrat crazies destroying the state, but then again I don't bring politics into a career advice baord unless provoked, but there you go. The beauty of America is, you still have the option to move to another state whose politica are aligned to yours, 'm still weighing up FL and TX move to, many californians have left the state
Oh, I highly recommend Texas over Florida. Unless you really like beaches. Florida does have better beaches than Texas.
And you're right, the great thing is that for the time being, you have the freedom in this country to move to another state of you don't like the politics. It ain't cheap, but if you've got the coin and are yearning for the freedoms you can't have in California, Austin is pretty based.
There is no doubt at all that working in the office is better for our field.
Whether itās young engineers who need mentors in the office or older engineers who need to be there to provide the mentorship.
Meh. I like a hybrid schedule. 4.5 year structural EIT who has both mentored and been mentored, and Iām having no issues WFH. Teams makes most communication pretty easy. But I do see the benefit of being in office for new people and general team building. But as long as the work gets done, who cares.
Also WFH works out well for retaining talent. Pre-Covid I was seriously considering leaving because I was so tired of the long hours and missing my family. I donāt mind working late when I can do it from my house.
I used to work at a company that paid me competitively. Until I left for another company that wanted to pay me at least 20% higher competitively.
Seriously though the market is crazy right now. I'd legitimately put you at the bottom of the list of companies to apply for if you use the words competitive pay instead of posting a salary range. If you can't tell me the salary range up front I just assume you're going to low ball me.
"unlimited vacation days" is also a red flag. Typically that translates to: you have no guaranteed amount of vacation days and it is entirely up to management's discretion when you're off.
A firm I interviewed at but didn't end up accepting (but I still have friends there) recently went to unlimited PTO but there were a minimum number of days you had to take. I wasn't a fan of being a guinea pig in that system, but I'm curious as to how it will work out.
I would agree with you in most cases. We're mostly assignment driven so I don't really care where you do your work from as long as it gets done. It really takes the 'right' person to fit this kind of role.
The water park I worked at offered "competitive pay".
They had a special exemption because they employed part time seasonal minors, so they only had to pay 75% of minimum wage.
There was literally nowhere else that could legally pay as little as they did.
That's what I think of when I hear "competitive pay". I'd literally stop reading your job posting at those words.
Post the pay range or donāt post the position. Hearing ācompetitiveā makes the job prospects all think of breaking someoneās knee caps. You donāt want to start out by giving that impression do you? For more tips on how to run a business, my consulting rate is in the range of $300-400 an hour. DM me, letās get to work.
I find it funny im downvoted 12 times when the poster claims christian fascists. The children have no idea what a facist is, same as what a racist is. Carry on.
What is the salary range ?
Up to 130k for the right candidate.
You paying $100-130k?
For a licensed PE
What salary ranges would someone be looking at for different levels of experience/licensure?
75k to 100k for an experienced EIT. 100k to 130k for a project engineer.
Offer more and You'll get more candidates. Its simple.
Experienced EIT in Texas š
Are you still requiring them to live in Texas? That is probably why!
Oregon firm checking in: We settled on hiring a WFH engineer from TX. Heās great and so is Texas.
Are you hiring WFH positions still? Asking for a friend!
My director of engineering lives in Oregon and is licensed in both states. How cool!
No, just licensed in TX. I just need a work horse who doesn't mind not having that face to face client interaction. All work would be based in Central TX but I have local people to run around.
Whatās the salary range?
75k to 100k for various levels of EIT 100k to 130k for various levels of PE, civil
I live in Dallas
I am in Idaho but licensed in Texas. One of my coworkers just interviewed down there and from what I hear will making about 20k more than me if he gets the municipal job. Most private insurance packages I see suck seriously.
Ayoooo!! But the original Rudyās in San Antonio is BOMBBBBB!!!!!!
I can certainly get licensed in Texas.
PM let's chat
What discipline of civil engineering?
Private Land Development (95%) some Public Works (5%)
I can do thatā¦ howās the pay?
75k to 100k for an EIT, depending on experience 100k to 130k for PE, civil - depending on experience
Because who the fuck wants to deal with the shitshow that is Texas?
So it sounds like you dont like TX politicians.
What makes Texas a shit show?
Austin, the capital of Texas and 10th largest city in the U.S. has had over 100,000 customers without power for over 3 days because the temperature dropped below 30 degrees again.
1) the fact that women and LGBTQ+ people are literally not treated as fully human with bodily autonomy 2) the lack of a regulatory framework that protects people in the case of major civil malpractice 3) no functional power grid any time it gets below 20F or above 95F 4) School system that teaches ideology, not facts.
You're right about all that, you should definitely stay where you are and not come to Texas. Please don't come. Edit: please don't
Itās always interesting to me how someone can have opinions this strong and label an entire state as bad when theyāve never lived here and likely formed their entire view from stuff they see on social media. Meanwhile itās one of the most popular states people move to so must not be the shitshow irl that everyone online imagines.
I've lived in Texas for over 40 years. And I remember a time when the power grid only failed during a natural disaster like a Hurricane, but now I'm seeing people in Austin go for more than 3 days without power. All because the temperature dropped below 30 degrees. The lack of a stable power grid is what caused me to move.
This was a natural disaster, hence the Disaster Declaration by the governor. It was an ice storm that laid up to an inch of ice across almost the entire state. The temperature being below 30 degrees is not why weāre dealing with these power outages lol. It was the literal tons of ice on trees and power lines causing them to break. Itās depressing to see entire neighborhoods with no trees left. Weāve had several other days below 30 with no issues, but you donāt see news stories about those days, only when something goes wrong. One of the main reasons Austin was so unevenly effected was due to homeowners in Austin forcing the electric company to reduce its tree trimming requirements to āprotect the treesā and even allowed homeowners to refuse trimming back in 2007. Thankfully this was reversed by AE in 2019, but coupled with Covid worker shortages they havenāt been able to keep up with backlog. Maybe weāll see these old areas of Austin finally get the buried lines like the rest of us.
Thatās fine. We donāt want yāall here anyway lol
Feeling's mutual, bud. I'll keep my functional mass transit and social safety net and you can keep your weekly school/church/store mass shootings.
Right on, bud
Man, you come on a career advice baord and you decide to make it political, see how that works out for you in your career, child
Thereās a huge difference between saying shit online and in the office. News flash, civil engineering is actually hugely tied into politics, most large engineering firms have PACās for that very reason.
Donāt see what the 1st one has to do w engineering lol
As a woman, I am literally putting myself in harm's way if I ever step foot in Texas. You can bet your ass I'll never work or accept an assignment to work there.
Are you implying that you spontaneously get pregnant and then youāre incapable of leaving the state once you do?
Lol your so silly you made my night
Please keep politics out of work for the adults. I would.like one area of my life that is not a political shit show.
I love that people (on the internet mostly) have this perception about Texas.
Lol where were you a year and a half ago?
HMU
I sent you a message.
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I canāt speak for the pes the field is low on them.
Come to Texas and help us vote them out.
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I refuse to yield to their antics. Moving just delays the confrontation allowing them a strong hold. Their gerrymandered margins are thin.
u/xraw-hd or u/civilprofessor can we get some intervention here? This thread has spiraled.
OP is asking why it's hard to find a PE willing to work in Texas. The current political climate may have something to do with it. The firm I used to work for was looking to hire another PE last summer. They made an offer to someone in California with an impressive resume. While he was negotiating his relocation costs and salary, there was a Supreme Court decision last June that made him and his wife decide that maybe Texas wasn't the best place to raise their daughters. My partner and I are both LGBTQ+. It's going to be really hard to convince anyone who isn't cishet that they will continue to have human rights in this current political climate. But that's my two cents. Sorry, my rights have become an uncomfortable political discussion for you.
No. Rule 2 of the sub is No Hate Speech. It may not seem like hate speech to you, since you donāt like Christians. But replace the word Christian in your comment with a marginalized religious group in the US and youāll see how your comment is offensive.
Never in my posts did I mention Christianity.
Really? The comment I originally replied to doesnāt say Christian? Ok dude
Dude. Grown men donāt tattle on other men just because they feel like pretending to be outraged. Grow up. Grow a pair. 65% of Americans are Christian. Iād hardly call yourself marginalized. Wow, what a home owner.
Wow dude, you really are a little bitch lol. How many people do you report a day? Iām just looking at your comments and every other one is āhey mods. I feel uncomfortable. Can you please ban this guy?ā āItās been 24 hours mods, wheee are you? Iām scared.ā Are you really a grown man?
Same in California, I can't vote out these democrat crazies destroying the state, but then again I don't bring politics into a career advice baord unless provoked, but there you go. The beauty of America is, you still have the option to move to another state whose politica are aligned to yours, 'm still weighing up FL and TX move to, many californians have left the state
Agree.
Oh, I highly recommend Texas over Florida. Unless you really like beaches. Florida does have better beaches than Texas. And you're right, the great thing is that for the time being, you have the freedom in this country to move to another state of you don't like the politics. It ain't cheap, but if you've got the coin and are yearning for the freedoms you can't have in California, Austin is pretty based.
What is a christian facist? How old are you?
No.
You can have a different taco for every day of the month.
Messaged you
Send me a message and let's talk.
Because our field need to be in the office. Gotta please the boomers
Because they probably already hired. Better up the pay!
There is no doubt at all that working in the office is better for our field. Whether itās young engineers who need mentors in the office or older engineers who need to be there to provide the mentorship.
Meh. I like a hybrid schedule. 4.5 year structural EIT who has both mentored and been mentored, and Iām having no issues WFH. Teams makes most communication pretty easy. But I do see the benefit of being in office for new people and general team building. But as long as the work gets done, who cares. Also WFH works out well for retaining talent. Pre-Covid I was seriously considering leaving because I was so tired of the long hours and missing my family. I donāt mind working late when I can do it from my house.
Ya but little kids here rather sit home and abuse system and watch Netflix
Thatās just flat out incorrect. Sometimes I mix it up with Hulu/CNBC.
If work is done then work is done, doesn't matter how
I offer all medical benefits paid, competitive salary, unlimited vacation time, work from home, and all software and hardware.
I used to work at a company that paid me competitively. Until I left for another company that wanted to pay me at least 20% higher competitively. Seriously though the market is crazy right now. I'd legitimately put you at the bottom of the list of companies to apply for if you use the words competitive pay instead of posting a salary range. If you can't tell me the salary range up front I just assume you're going to low ball me.
This is straight up fact. Tell us the range or your no better Mary Kay or cutco.
"unlimited vacation days" is also a red flag. Typically that translates to: you have no guaranteed amount of vacation days and it is entirely up to management's discretion when you're off.
A firm I interviewed at but didn't end up accepting (but I still have friends there) recently went to unlimited PTO but there were a minimum number of days you had to take. I wasn't a fan of being a guinea pig in that system, but I'm curious as to how it will work out.
I would agree with you in most cases. We're mostly assignment driven so I don't really care where you do your work from as long as it gets done. It really takes the 'right' person to fit this kind of role.
75k to 100k for EIT, depends on experience 100k to 130k for PE, depends on experience
People tend to hate the unlimited pto thing, it ends up better to just toss someone 6+ weeks for recruiting if you are actually serious about that
Everyone says competitive salary, that means nothing. Give numbers and stop wasting your time and potential employees time.
The water park I worked at offered "competitive pay". They had a special exemption because they employed part time seasonal minors, so they only had to pay 75% of minimum wage. There was literally nowhere else that could legally pay as little as they did. That's what I think of when I hear "competitive pay". I'd literally stop reading your job posting at those words.
Salary obviously isnāt competitive
Cool. What's the pay?
75k to 100k for EIT 100k to 130k for PE
Thanks, I'll talk it up with the folks I know.
What type of work?
Land development engineering
You just told us why you are having so much problems finding a candidate
Post the pay range or donāt post the position. Hearing ācompetitiveā makes the job prospects all think of breaking someoneās knee caps. You donāt want to start out by giving that impression do you? For more tips on how to run a business, my consulting rate is in the range of $300-400 an hour. DM me, letās get to work.
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"Competitive" isn't a number. What's the salary range you're offering?
Because Texas is a shit hole full of retards.
I find it funny im downvoted 12 times when the poster claims christian fascists. The children have no idea what a facist is, same as what a racist is. Carry on.
youāre not offering enough money
Doubt
Because you are not looking seriously. Post a job description or link to the job listing.
I am here with master degree but not in Texas