AECOM reviews

3.7

69% would recommend to a friend

(11,146 total reviews)
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Troy Rudd

79% approve of CEO

60% positive business outlook

AECOM has an employee rating of 3.7 out of 5 stars, based on 11,146 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The AECOM employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Servicios de construcción, reparación y mantenimiento industry (3.7 stars).

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11K reviews
1.0
Oct 6, 2017
Recommend
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Pros

It might be good for graduates or if you don't find a job Fake reputation makes CV looking good They might seduce you paying more than you worth Offices are great but who cares when you are dealing with liars and hypocrites If you are good at staging, go man this is your place.

Cons

I left my full time job in Sydney to join AECOM in Melbourne after they promised me with 6 months training as i was overseas migrant with limited local experience and Construction background. So I needed some guidance. I found no support since the first day with no introduction to my background to my colleagues. Everyone was running away from me like I was trash. Horrible experience in my professional career. Later on I understood that I was just a temporary replacement for a short time. However I gave it my best shot and did really well considering I'm new to the Australian market. Involved myself with 5 projects and I was comfortable with my clients. Helped the engineers who were on leave and put myself under pressure to do more work and learn new things. Eventually, no appreciation. They started to copy HR with my mistakes, which were actually team mistakes, but they tailored it for me. One of the complains that I'm not sitting around the team! Funny as hell because I used to join all social events and made some good friends too! I replied aggressively to one of their emails. Somehow they retreated but still playing around. I threw the resignation after this disrespectful attitude. They're a group of friends only if you manage to be one of them you'll survive. Most of the people turn their back quickly to you. No one worth the trust. If you you're happy at your work, please don't go to this toxic place. You will lose many things on the way.

2.0
Aug 10, 2017

Bottom line driven

Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Opportunities available for limited groups of people. Some engineers will get to work on very interesting projects, others will get stuck recycling the same task over and over. If you speak up and make your career your own you should be able to have at least a few interesting years before moving on.

Cons

Bottom line oriented. AECOM will say their staff is their most valuable asset but their actions are to engage in frequent layoffs, outsource work where feasible, and where not feasible drive to find a way to relocate the work to lower cost geographies. Many of their initiatives are created around finding ways to lower cost while being sold as a benefit to employees.

1.0
May 30, 2017

Stay away!

Recommend
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Pros

Great projects - all around the world.

Cons

Project delivery required 80+ hour weeks. Senior management do not act as true leaders should, they are out for themselves.

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