AECOM Senior Structural Engineer/Project Engineer reviews

1) HEALTH BENEFITS - Comprehensive, yes, but more expensive than one would expect for a company with so many employees 2) TRADITIONAL OFFICE ENVIRONMENT - I'm speaking about my office on this one - I'm sure each location is different - our office is legacy URS - very stuffy old school environment with a generally disengaged staff. Hopefully, 'fresh air' of new AECOM movements will soon waft into our corner of the globe! 3) NEW LEADERSHIP FROM OUTSIDE - Every week we get emails about a new vice president/C-suite exec, rarely are they former AECOM employees! They're coming in high from other companies, which sends a message I don't think is favorable: you won't get promoted high from within the company 4) SOME SUPPORT SERVICES WERE NOT MERGED WELL - Take, for example, indirect procurement, which was in a serious state of flux, dissent and pure confusion/dread (many lost their jobs or left before they were cut) for over a year! Admin personnel have also complained about lack of easy access to basic information to do their job since the merge. For support services that are so necessary, this says not all departments in the company are as well managed and cared for as engineering/architecture/sciences. Word of caution for support personnel.

Salary discrimination based on nationality. Highly stressful work environment with long hours. In 2014, 3 panic attacks and 1 heart attack have happened within the office, commonly occurring before approaching deadlines. Very poor decision making at the management and executive level. Extremely slow advancement of career ( 4 years per promotion ). Growth of salary that is below the nominal rate of inflation ( 1 - 3% per year if any ). Poor quality of engineering work and especially poor architectural work. Lack of ethics and accountability by submitting poor and un-qualifying designs for construction. Low quality interview process ( expect to find people at the senior level who haven't had a justifiable work experience ). Long work hours, tight deadlines, unorganised design progression, and absolutely no employee compensation to balance it out. Unexciting work environment, sort of like a library. Mentality of "Us versus Them" between management and employees. Parking nightmare around the building. Lack of culture and diversity, expect to see tribes sticking to each other as would be in a prison atmosphere. 30 minute lunch allocated for a 9 hour work shift, combined with prison-style food for catering. Little or no investment in employee's career development.