Black & Veatch reviews

3.5

66% would recommend to a friend

(2,082 total reviews)
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Mario Azar

42% approve of CEO

62% positive business outlook

Black & Veatch has an employee rating of 3.5 out of 5 stars, based on 2,082 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Black & Veatch 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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2K reviews
1.0
May 3, 2024
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Salary, it is literally the only reason to consider Black & Veatch

Cons

Get tracked within 10 feet within the office with a Bluetooth tracker. Toxic work environment. Expect to get micromanaged in every aspect of our job, including if you turn on your camera during teams meetings. C-Level leaders are arrogant and encourage you to tell on each other if someone is not following the RTO Policy,

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Black & Veatch Response
2y
Thanks for sharing your personal views. It's unfortunate to hear that as a current professional, you feel your compensation is the only benefit of working with us; we're sorry to hear that! As we've stated before, the badging enhancement supports our working environment where professionals, because of our flexible schedules, are in and out of the office on different days and times. We are all in the office on varying schedules and need updated technology that supports safely accomplishing this for our professionals. Seeing your fellow employee owners on camera encourages real conversations and interaction. In turn, that visual connection builds trust and confidence. It also allows for an environment that is closer to in-person connections. If you feel that your environment is toxic, please speak to your manager or reach out to your HRBP to come to a better resolution for you. Lastly despite the whispers around the water cooler, our company leaders are not encouraging tattling. Again, thank you for your personal feedback.
1.0
Feb 26, 2023
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

The variety of work here can be very interesting. My co workers are bright and talented. Before new CEO I looked at BV as place you could spend your entire career. I have pointed my engineering student daughter toward Burns & McD.

Cons

Being threatened! All hands meeting we were told to review BV positively on 3rd party sights and also told BV has purchased a service to look for negative reviews. So watch out! When Mario was asked in the meeting how we will measure the effectiveness of the Return To Office mandate Mario said... 'How about those stock prices!!!' Refusal to answer questions, ignoring employees concerns, stating those who don't want to return are 'vocal minority! And stating those who speak out against RTO are disrespectful. This has become a horrible place to work since the beloved Steve Edwards retired. HR and leaders will simply state, 'people are happy' when the misery of their employees are on clear display in front of them. Waiting for it.... The new marketing professional will respond to this review with gaslighting statements.

1.0
Dec 11, 2022
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Big company, nice office buildings

Cons

Where to start. Black & Veatch is the most two faced company I’ve ever worked for. They preach being “employee owned”. But when a major change comes they don’t listen to employees and do what’s best to line their pockets. New CEO Mario making changes he promised to leave alone. Trying to make Black & Veatch more like other companies. They promised work flexibility but now they are forcing everyone back to the office. Several employees were denied raises and bonuses over the past year because they were given the luxury of working from home. Now being forced to come into the office again without having a raise. Mandatory covid vaccines soon coming too. Don’t leave your current company to come here for greener pastures. It’s not going to be better. Company is experiencing high turn over. You will be swamped with projects the day you start. Stay away

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Black & Veatch Response
3y
We are not currently mandating a COVID-19 vaccine. As we always have, we will do our best to support all of our professionals.
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