Aurecon reviews

3.8

70% would recommend to a friend

(1,171 total reviews)

William Cox

78% approve of CEO

56% positive business outlook

Aurecon has an employee rating of 3.8 out of 5 stars, based on 1,171 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Aurecon employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Administración y consultoría industry (3.7 stars).

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1K reviews
2.0
Aug 28, 2014
Recommend
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Pros

Well intended professional values Good track history Great breadth of people and experience Wide range of projects Depth of knowledge and good access to that knowledge Good appreciation of Client mentality

Cons

Professional values normally overshadowed by financial performance Swamped by unnecessary administration Complete fixation on complex financial analysis Over-emphasis on perceived negative financial performance, little praise for positive performance Completely over-ambitious financial targets and obsession with tracking Ever-changing administrative systems which purport to assist in improving financial performance Complex management systems take overly long to complete, paradoxically at the expense of the very financial performance it was supposedly designed to improve Poor morale, lack of appreciation for basic morale boosting events Extreme tick-box mentality - management feel that systems are perfect and with strict adherence will inevitably lead to success; when this does not occur, management are perplexed and lack ideas to progress

3.0
Mar 15, 2014

Strange and aloof upper management and bullies rule

Anonymous employee
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Pros

A strong commitment to onsite health and safety and some very good people and interesting projects.

Cons

Don't even think of complaining about abusive, narcissistic bullies because they are a protected species - and you will come off second best Some really good and popular senior managers who hold the place together are being let go for no apparent reason Senior management is aloof and disconnected from the staff A large number of redundancies of very good people at the moment and low morale Very hard to get offered shares, most of which are held by the chosen few anyway Career advancement difficult

4.0
Sep 19, 2013

OK So Far

Recommend
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Pros

• People appeared to be good to work with, at least initially • Most people are respectful, grateful and helpful. Generally a positive environment and culture. • Better than other engineering consultancies, particulary during downturn in work.

Cons

• Docklands, Docklands, Docklands! Did I mention Docklands? • New Melbourne office location in Docklands is awful. Difficult for commuting, cold and windy in winter, hot and windy in summer. Nothing to see or do at lunchtime other than get windblasted while looking at moored boats, lots of concrete paving and shiny glass facades. Really boring. • New office building has dark, depressing interior. Change room and showers are very poorly designed and freezing cold. Guess that's how they achieve the energy rating. Management made such a big deal about this building but nearly everyone’s commuting time has significantly increased and very few like the layout. Should have stayed in South Melbourne or moved to the city, not some wasteland near Geelong. • Desks are tiny and too close. No room for any personal books or reference documents. Noisy open plan environment with constant interruptions. • Trying to cut costs by laying off drafters and sending drafting work to “low cost centre” in Thailand. Drawings come back inaccurate, unprofessional and full of spelling errors. Total disaster, especially for the drafters. Clients are complaining too. • Name is too similar to a certain other competing consulting company and this causes a lot of confusion to clients.

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