Arup reviews

4.0

77% would recommend to a friend

(4,428 total reviews)

Jerome Frost

75% approve of CEO

55% 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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4K reviews
1.0
May 10, 2014

Bureaucratic

Recommend
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Pros

Good for resume building and move on with life as soon as opportunity arises.

Cons

Bad for personal life and growth. There is fake sense of work life balance. All the smartness comes from very few individuals who pull off majority of tasks for rest of the politicians or gang members. The gangs go around chest thumping and take credit as "we did this" and talk to upper management outside the office hours at parties. The "we" is acceptable while advertising to the outside world, but when it happens internally, it is called back-stabbing. The true credit and merit is never given to the individual who accomplished the task, since that individual is busy working with his head in sand on the next big project. Often this person never receives promotion unless he has a god father in the firm. The upper management is so busy affirming their positions in the company because of which they hardly recognize how the work got done. Many of the newbies and introverts work in constant fear of being reprimanded or being out-casted by the gang mentality. They encourage staff who post on behalf of the firm on FB, LinkedIn and other social media. So there is a general sense of greatness. There is a book by the title "Snakes in Suits" and this firm is perfectly like it.

1.0
Aug 16, 2025
Recommend
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Pros

The work culture at Arup’s New York office can be very team-dependent. Some groups foster excellent collaboration, strong mentorship, and supportive management, making them a great place to grow. Experiences there can vary significantly, that is some staff have thrived under good leadership, while others have struggled with poor communication, lack of support, and an unhealthy management style. Overall, joining Arup in New York can be a hit or miss: if you land in the right team, the experience can be outstanding, but if not, the culture can feel unsupportive and even toxic. Candidates should approach with the understanding that the company has both amazing teams and challenging ones. Company benefits including great 401k match, medical/dental, bonus, and student loan assistance.

Cons

My experience with the tunnel ventilation team was that the management for the tunnel ventilation team has created a very toxic environment for the entire team, not to mention this team has one of the highest turnover rates and people will leave frequently because of the toxicity created by the people managing this team. They will try to do whatever means to attract you with an high offer but only to find out that it was a trap and not what you expected. After working there for the first week there, I found out that 7-8 of their people have left the firm recently. Beware! Stay away from the tunnel ventilation team in NYC.

1.0
Aug 2, 2021

Don’t work for them

Recommend
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Pros

The Benefits are ok but not the best. They could do a lot better for there employees

Cons

Horrible place to work!!! I feel rundown and no hope working for them. They really don’t care for there employees, don’t deal with this company

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