AECOM reviews

3.7

69% would recommend to a friend

(11,157 total reviews)
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Troy Rudd

79% approve of CEO

61% positive business outlook

AECOM has an employee rating of 3.7 out of 5 stars, based on 11,157 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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1.0
Sep 28, 2012
Recommend
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Pros

Work Trucks with the ability to commutes from home to work without office trips. Staff can be good to work with (until they leave).

Cons

Bloated management, middle management has no power to pay properly resulting in loss of multiple senior staff. Lost staff means more work for remaining employees with no compensation, and the diminished ability to learn and advance your career from that staff. Working at this company does not promise a profitable/fulfilling work life. Management will say what you want to hear only so you hang around longer hoping for a positive change. New hires of equal experience are paid 20-30% higher than existing staff (YES - this is absolutely true). AGAIN resulting in poor morale and lost staff. If you have to work here, negotiate a very high starting wage as raises are below cost of living increases. The 5 star reviews on this site have been suspected of being AECOM plants trying to raise the rating, I could not agree more. I would not recommend this company to an enemy. Formerly was UMA Engineering. UMA was a company I used to see myself working at for a long long time (possibly decades) the group was great the work was challenging and the rewards were fair to generous. AECOM has effectively obliterated that in less than 4 years. I am moving on with my career and only see the death of UMA as such a shame, a waste of a excellent company absorbed into the machine. AECOM defines growth as buying up companies faster than the employees quit. When an office goes from nearly 200 strong to below 90 employees (including new hires) in two years in an extremely booming market, you should be able to draw your own conclusions. Much of the money seems to be going into the new mining department they are trying to establish. Saskatchewan is small enough that the bad reputation AECOM is earning will come back around and affect them on that end also. Do yourself a favor and keep looking for a better company.

3.0
Sep 27, 2012
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Broad range of project types and locations provide good opportunites - especially for entry level and mobile emloyees. Decent pay and benefits. Recognition (that unfortunately does not always result in beneficial action) that people are the most important asset.

Cons

Publicly-owned company translates to relentless foucs on quarterly financial results and makes long term investments difficult. Some uneveness in management ranks - entitlement rather than merit.

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