Arup reviews

4.0

77% would recommend to a friend

(4,428 total reviews)

Jerome Frost

76% approve of CEO

56% positive business outlook

Arup has an employee rating of 4.0 out of 5 stars, based on 4,428 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Arup 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
Oct 7, 2016

Disinterested Employees

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Company culture has an interesting history tied to philosophy.

Cons

No one seems to want to be doing their job.

5.0
Aug 31, 2016
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Pros

Fantastic office relationships, most interesting engineering projects in the world, flexible work environment, collaborative atmosphere, freedom to work in your own style

Cons

Sometimes the processes were disorganized, especially for an engineering firm. Lots of rushing to meet deadlines and very little oversight and QA which can lead to mistakes. Half the year I would work normal hours but when times got busy I did a lot of overtime, including the occasional 80-90 hour week. Only worth it because we were paid overtime and my coworkers were some of my best friends.

3.0
Apr 10, 2016

Smart People Working on Big Interesting Challenges

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Pros

Arup is a super interesting, multi-disciplinary firm working on some of the most complicated and exciting projects in the built environment globally. Planning new cities, designing transportation hubs, engineering complex buildings and structures that may seem impossible. It's filled with technically masterful engineers and consultants. It's got a strong brand (especially in Europe) built on a long legacy of high profile projects (starting in it's early years on the Sydney Opera House). It's a nice place to work. The company has stated values and tries to live by them. Supporting the employees is one way it does that. It's ostensibly employee owned (paying out a share of profits to the employees every year depending on the performance of the company). It also has an internal funding mechanism open to all employees interested in doing R&D to develop new knowledge that could lead to future value for the organization and its clients. Employees across all levels of seniority and across all disciplines propose ideas and submit them for consideration on a quarterly basis. All in all, a great place for curious engineers, technical experts, city planners and beyond.

Cons

Not always the most strategic organization. Values technical excellence and often more interested in solving the technical challenges for projects rather than thinking through the fuzzier strategic challenges. For the most part, fairly rigid promotional structure with pre-determined promotion phases and timelines and raises.

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