Cogan Metal Reviews

Management puts 0 investment into their employees. Salary is well below industrial norm. Starting salary is 40k and goes up increments of 4% yearly. OIQ fees and matching RSP contributions are not included in benefits package. No room to grow and very little technical knowledge to gain within company. Management expects a quick turnover rate for their employees and does nothing to prevent it. Moral is extremely low amongst all employees and management knows it. Only recommend Cogan as a last resort to get your career started.

Number 1 issue at Cogan is salary. Well below market value for junior engineers. Working hard and being a good team player didn't have it's reward. Wasn't able to reach 50k (approximate minimum market value for junior engineers) after almost 4 years! Difficult to find a design position as a Civil Engineer after Cogan due to lack of professional development, exposure to structural design and experience (unless you wouldn't mind a project management or estimation job for you're next job). I strongly recommend to go back to school to get your masters (yes it's true, there are much MORE better opportunities with higher education) and continue looking for another position on Indeed or LinkedIn even if it takes you over a year to kick start your career. After 5+ years you'll potentially become a key member at Cogan with a more reasonable salary but other than that you're just a pawn getting by slowly. I understand this was a negative review but if the starting salary had been market value (which may increase with all the recent revolving door of engineers), I could have seen myself working at Cogan much much longer.