AECOM Reviews

I worked at AECOM full-time for more than 3 years

Pros – Fortune 500, good place to work for.
Offers diversification in your profile and few flagship projects to add to your CV. Offers freedom in your work.

Cons – Office and HR management below standard of a Fortune 500 organisation.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm not optimistic about the outlook for this company

I have been working at AECOM full-time for less than a year

Pros – AECOM is one of the most ethical companies of world, an EPC environment.
Providing most effective and technical solutions.
Employee first core values.

Cons – i have not seen any con yet in the organization.
 job security.

Advice to Senior Management – Utilize the effectiveness of employees, Create a more friendly working Environment and give Space.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

I have been working at AECOM

Pros – Great people to work with, good projects, high aspirations

Cons – Bossy management, Micromanaging bosses, inefficient work culture

Advice to Senior Management – Decentralise the decision making process, appoint more experience people who are given the authority to take important decisions

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

I have been working at AECOM

Pros – Flexible schedule, good opportunity for work/life balance, decent benefits.

Cons – Corporate is overly-focused on the bottom line. Employees feel like numbers, not people. No sense of job security. Very top-heavy organization.

Advice to Senior Management – Make your employees feel valued. Focus on retention.

I have been working at AECOM full-time for more than 10 years

Pros – 1) Global opportunities for people and interesting jobs.
2) Great local offices.
3) Large company with experts in any field if you can find them.
4) Very flexible work schedule.

If you find the right office, AECOM is a great place to work. The Wakefield office has lots of projects from all over the world, expertise in lots of fields, flexible managers, and great people.

Cons – 1) Upper management making decisions without regards to the employees that are affected by them.
2) Very big - so big that it's hard to change things quickly.

This is a big company - so individuals get lost in the big corporate environment. Listen, this is a tough economy so yes money is a focus. It's a business and needs to make a profit. However, decisions are made that seem to not to take into account that employees are actual people sometime. This is generally does not apply at the office level, but above that.

Advice to Senior Management – Treat people like actual people and not just numbers in a budget.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

I worked at AECOM full-time for more than 3 years

Pros – Career opportunities, bonuses, variety of work

Cons – below average work life balance

I worked at AECOM full-time for more than 3 years

Pros – I had a wonderful set of managers, excellent facilities, and given opportunities for responsibility very early. My efforts were rewarded by the managers I had.

Cons – Limited training. At the time of employment, there wasn't a employee development program in effect. High stress. Lack of project overlap.

Advice to Senior Management – I don't think its fair when an employee works tirelessly to win a proposal worth millions of dollars, contributed personally to the winning elements thereof, and then is laid off while the contracts are being signed during that bureaucratic downtime.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

I have been working at AECOM as a contractor

Pros – Flexible work culture is good.

Cons – Salaries are not up to the mark.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

I worked at AECOM as a contractor for less than a year

Pros – Good people, great environment. Everyone was willing to help. Didn't feel like the new person when I joined their team.

Cons – A company that's still growing not many permanent positions available.

Advice to Senior Management – Nothing to share at this time.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

I have been working at AECOM full-time for more than 7 years

Pros – Big company, lots of opportunities to be involved in large and interesting projects. The pay is competitive and there are opportunities to get involved with lots of different work. Have been able to receive promotions and advance in my career.

Cons – Too many cooks in the kitchen, top level management only concerned about numbers in a spreadsheet and not interested in employee development or satisfaction. No training or development is offered to employees. No incentives or bonus plan. Too many hoops to go through to get approvals for anything.

Advice to Senior Management – Don't just talk about making changes, do something about it. Don't talk about utilization so much. Give employees more opportunities to receive training and attend conferences.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend