AECOM reviews

Corporate management is in a different state and has little to no involvement in generating or keeping local business interests. As a result projects are drying up and good people are leaving the company in droves. Work life balance was hard and some projects keep you away from home for weeks at a time. Overall office moral is at an all time low. Little to no opportunity for advancement.

Clueless management and byzantine organizational structure that is always in flux. No local management with decision-making authority, even in fairly large offices (75+). No business development support (in terms of dollars and proposal help) for technical staff on the front lines who deal with clients day-to-day. Avalanches of idiotic communications from senior management. A medieval employee rating philosophy and scheme that force-fits people into a normal distribution. (But wait! I thought AECOM employs only the best.) Relentless efforts to direct-bill clients for what are actually overhead functions. This is an engineering company run by accountants and MBAs who have starry-eyed visions of glory, but who apparently run the business by sleight of hand.