Black & Veatch reviews

3.5

66% would recommend to a friend

(2,082 total reviews)
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Mario Azar

43% 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
Jun 5, 2024

NOT a top talent destination

Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

lower and middle level employees

Cons

Everyone in leadership besides the CFO. The current CEO, Mario Azar, has a dictator / my way or the highway style of leadership which is counterintuitive into building a winning culture and attracting top talent. This style of leadership also leads to missing out on true value contribution from employees and top performers. This type of leadership style may work in Asia but here in the USA, people highly value freedom and privacy - which is the last thing you will feel B&V values if you are to accept a job here. Go work somewhere where they actually value you as a professional. B&V will treat you like a child and track and report you to your supervisor if you are not sitting at your desk for 8 hours each day you are in the office. They also use ESOP as an employee retention strategy as you do not become fully vested until year 6 of your employment. During these 6 years, they are able to give the you bare minimum bump in pay rather than keeping up with market rates / having to worry about you leaving / having to compete with other employers to pay you a fair market rate.

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Black & Veatch Response
2y
As a former BV professional, we thank you for taking time to share your personal feedback. We're sad to hear of your sentiments in so many areas and we'll be sure to pass them along. Good luck in your future endeavors.
2.0
May 9, 2024
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Employee owned is a huge plus, lots of opportunity

Cons

Constant flip/flopping of policy, administrative state is out of control and out of touch. Air tagging employees. Everyone seems on edge

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Black & Veatch Response
2y
Thank you for sharing your personal feedback with us. We also commend our construction and engineering professionals for the invaluable work they do to build a world of difference! We understand change is difficult and we'll be sure to pass along your sentiments. The ''air tagging'' is the badging enhancement to support 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 employee owners. Thanks again for your views!
1.0
May 7, 2024

Stay away

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Decent pay Decent stock benifits Good coworkers

Cons

Dictatorial Ceo Untrustworthy employer Lies about virtual work options Overworked for the pay you get Management won’t trust you and you can’t trust them a very toxic work environment Experienced engineers are fleeing the company as fast as they can or retiring as quickly as possible.

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