AECOM reviews

3.7

69% would recommend to a friend

(11,152 total reviews)
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79% approve of CEO

60% positive business outlook

AECOM has an employee rating of 3.7 out of 5 stars, based on 11,152 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
Feb 11, 2016

What a ........ company..

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Pros

It's a company which will give you good experience from a corporate environment, and there are a few good people that work in this office as well. That's about it.

Cons

Where to begin? This is a completely bureaucratic environment where you will need a form for everything that has to be signed off by several key managers before something happens. The coffee sucks. The level of deception within this office is unbelievable. Management only cares about the financial aspects of the projects and keeping people billable. There's hardly any diversity, unless you just count the ratio of men to women. The pay is probably the worst within the industry, I know people that have been here for 5 years, yet the company has hired in new graduates for the same position that make more than them (Yes, that's the icing on the cake). There's really no culture, no comradery, nothing that promotes employee satisfaction or team building. It's a very dull office with gray cubicles and a feel that will remind you of the movie "Office Space". There's literally a guy with glasses that walks around with a coffee mug and doesn't do anything. There's too much favoritism going on in here as well, there's one executive that really caters to all of the younger females within the office and has no regard for anyone else that puts in hard work. They also deem you a buffoon if you aren't an engineer or don't have an engineering background. Overall, just stay away. These people really don't care about their employees.

1.0
Feb 4, 2016

DO NOT WORK FOR AECOM

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Pros

Great group of people to work with (URS Employees only)

Cons

Company doesn't support their employees and it is extremely difficult to get in touch with management.

1.0
Jan 9, 2016

Worst job experience ever

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Pros

Great direct reports and knowledgeable and experienced staff but their morale was impacted by the constant poorly executed changes imposed by executive management. HR was supportive but couldn't really affect change.

Cons

This is a toxic and chaotic work environment. My manager had no leadership or management skills. He was a tyrant and bully. He didn't listen to concerns or risks from his direct reports. "Just get it done" attitude regardless of impact. Unrealistic targets and performance goals. No work/ life balance. 12-14 hour days M-F and working weekends is expected. Inequity in pay across similar positions. Executive management is only concerned about cutting costs and disregards any impact to processes and employees. The corporate culture is non collaborative. Poor communication, lack of strategic direction. Right hand doesn't know what the left hand is doing. Constant rapid change with very little planning and impact analysis to the business processes and no risk analysis. URS conversion was a disaster. Multiple major "improvement" projects went on at the same time that impacted employee resources but the impact to employees and morale was always ignored. This is typical method of operation.

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