Not a great place to work - poor management, benefits and culture - Engineer AECOM Employee Review

1.0
15 May 2018
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

* Office location in Tanfield

Cons

* Very poor management, junior mentoring and general business direction * No culture - go to work, sit on your computer or in a meeting room for 8 hours, eat lunch at your desk, go home * Not great offices - like working in a large factory floor so very noisy and impersonal * Dismal pipeline of work for a large company - poor bidding and networking at management level * Next to no benefits - standard 1-2% pay increase per year but bonuses and pay rises happen very rarely. AECOM benefits system is very gimmicky and a standard enterprise rewards system used by big companies - eg. get 2% off groceries at Tesco or save 2% at Costa. * Next to no spending on innovation, office enhancements or employee satisfaction. * Very poor project management systems which take about 5-8 people to approve a project to go-ahead (even for a project as small as £1000). * Poor pay - below to average for the industry. * Large pay gap between junior/mid-level staff and managers. The junior/mid-level staff usually do most of the work. * Very poor office manager - rarely hear from them * High turnover of staff - you can understand why.

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AECOM Response
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We are truly sorry to hear about your experience with us here at AECOM. Please can we ask you to reach out to your business line’s HR Manager so that we can discuss your experiences and concerns stated in the above review in detail and ensure that you are fully supported moving forward. We would welcome comments and advice to managers too. Thank you AECOM Talent Acquisition

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