AECOM reviews

3.7

69% would recommend to a friend

(11,143 total reviews)
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Troy Rudd

79% approve of CEO

60% positive business outlook

AECOM has an employee rating of 3.7 out of 5 stars, based on 11,143 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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1.0
Dec 21, 2015
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Pros

There is challenging work but management is so bad that it is hard to get the work done.

Cons

Normal work week is 60 - 70 hours a week and then you will be rated at best a 5 in their 9 box. No work life balance. Management are experts at saying one thing and doing the opposite. CIO creates chaos as a normal means of making people work very extended hours and then asks how they could let this happen and he does not want people working extended hours. Strongly suggest that job seekers look elsewhere. You will work 60 - 70 hours a week and when raise and bonus time comes around you will be a marginal performer and get little to no raise. Management cannot set priorities.

2.0
Mar 8, 2016

The golden days are over- better opportunities are out there

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Really great colleagues (the reason many people stay for years), variety of project work, exposure to new opportunities, flexible schedule

Cons

Unreasonable expectations when it comes to sold-time and billable metrics (95% billable or required to take PTO/LWOP yet the company claims to promote employee training & development), 95% of culture is on financial gain while the company is hemorrhaging employees and losing all their top talent, Creating unattainable metrics to lose employees because of the poor financial decision they made to acquire URS, Lack of transparency from senior management, Staff scientists, engineers, planners, support, are the slave-driving force of the company but are treated as disposable, undervalued, financial chess pieces

1.0
Nov 23, 2015

Not what it used to be

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Some great people but they are fewer are farther between...

Cons

Over the last few years the company has become so obsessed with profits that it has completely lost sight of doing quality work or caring about the employees. Benefits costs have more than doubled with much worse coverage. The review process has become a joke as the performance rating is completely divorced from the employee's actual performance. It is almost as though they are trying to frustrate employees to the point where they quit. In my case I think it is working. My resume is up to date and I will be looking for other work.

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