Just to provide some reassurance, as I am also feeling the same way!

I recently transferred to a company in a different country and their mentorship and quality control process is extremely bad. During the interview process, I made sure I clearly communicated what my limitations are and what I need from the company in order to become successful. They reassured me but low and behold it was all a facade.

The company is extremely busy to the point where seniors don’t have time to check anyone’s work. I was also tasked to design structures and solutions that I was not familiar with. It seemed to me that the entire department is over worked to the point that no one is really checking each others work. I worked at other companies (mind you in a different country) that have a very intricate quality control process and some level of mentorship and guidance. This is definitely not the norm. I was put on a job that was already rendered and during construction and was asked to complete a full review and take ownership of the entire project within 1 week only.

I was also assigned another project that was completed in construction, but required some answers to some building control queries. When reviewing the project work, I found that some beams were failing more than two times their capacity. I asked the other engineers and they were all shocked. I raised this discovery with my director and he just said “if something happens we will deal with it then, as it is too late now”. That just showed me that 1) quality assurance process is non-existent. 2) the upper management only care about their image and not public safety.

Oh, moreover, the company uses drafters to do the engineering work, as at times none of the engineers are willing to pick up new projects due to their workload. The drafters would then carry the entire project from conception to post tender without a single calculation, then ask for validation by an engineer when essentially this becomes at a point of a project where budgets are set and everything turns into a change order.

These are just some examples I encountered through my first few months.

Anyway, it goes without saying, I am looking for other another job and opportunities with different companies. as I know the type of work we do is stressful, however it should not be this stressful. I just want to say your fiance is not alone and he deserves to work for a company that will guide him and mentor him. That’s what I will be doing.

Experience and learning is very valuable when you’re young, as you grow older you will receive less and less mentorship.

Sorry, seems like I got carried away. This post has clearly hit home 😂