AECOM reviews

3.7

69% would recommend to a friend

(11,183 total reviews)
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78% approve of CEO

60% positive business outlook

AECOM has an employee rating of 3.7 out of 5 stars, based on 11,183 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 Construction, Repair & Maintenance Services industry (3.7 stars).

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2.0
Jun 17, 2014

Difficult Work Environment.

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Pros

The People. AECOM employees very talented and hard working technical professionals. It's these people that allow AECOM to win projects and compete at a high level and on complex assignments.

Cons

AECOM does not make any effort to retain the hard working technical professionals above. The focus is on management who do not recognize the importance of the production staff.

2.0
Jun 16, 2014
Recommend
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Pros

Many of the entry-level and mid-level staff are great people. Compensation has been relatively good.

Cons

The quality of leadership has ranged from adequate to abysmal, with management generally disrespecting staff members: setting unrealistic goals for staff in terms of billable hours, layoffs with no notice. Perks like training seem to exist only on paper.

2.0
Jun 16, 2014

Highs and Lows, but mostly Lows

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Pros

Camaraderie between employees was good. Frequent luncheons and happy hours. Most people got along well with each other

Cons

Very top heavy working environment. Not enough backlog of work to give employees, so some employees were left sitting and doing nothing all day to the point that no one was willing to delegate work in fear that the people who had work, would not be left with enough work if they delegated it. No real conversations with managers about utilization goals and no real oversight or support on workload to meet utilization goals. Instead, the management atmosphere felt like if you weren't one of the "favorites" whether you had work or not, then you're expendable. Very "Old Boys Club" type of atmosphere among management and favored staff.

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