AECOM reviews

Senior management is focused on how they individually can benefit from the company rather than developing a cohesive strategic plan and then executing it over the long term. Instead, senior management focuses on short term activities. Line and support staff are pitted against one another. Regions are pitted against one another. One office will hire staff for a new project even when staff in another office with the needed skill sets is laid off thanks to a project ending. Employees are encouraged to find someone to blame instead of building a culture of responsibility. The first mole to stick its head out of the hole gets wacked. This creates a highly unethical and amoral work environment. It's a shame, because there are individually very talented people who work there. Unfortunately they aren't in decision-making positions that could make a difference.

I was miraculously laid off - such a dream come true! Coming from a really great legacy company years ago I watched this unwieldy company unravel. It grew and acquired for no benefit, no value. Quality declined, clients were put off. People who would have retired there have either left because the culture has changed or they were laid off for presumably having too much experience/leadership and thus, too much cost for the company. Instead they replace leaders with junior staff with no experience managing people let alone projects and morale has plummeted. No one works there because they love the company - they may enjoy their colleagues and a paycheck but the company has no morals, no mission (besides making investors money) and no clear direction. Constant reorganization with no results. Hard working, long time staff received 3-figure bonuses while the CEO and others received 6-figure bonuses at the same time. 6-figure bonus. Decision makers are the stereotypical white guys club, women and minorities in management are a rarity and most are glorified admin staff, not managers per se. They've been grandfathered in, not promoted. In my location HR was incompetent and IT support was a joke. I