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Arup Laboratories

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Toxic culture and declining morale overshadow dedicated colleagues. Don't work here! - Anonymous employee Arup Laboratories Employee Review

1.0
Jul 20, 2026
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Colleagues are mostly wonderful and have a spirit of dedication that senior leadership has not earned and does not deserve.

Cons

I wasn't there very long but from the many conversations I had with long time employees, ARUP has fallen far and fast. I can't even tell you how many times I heard someone say "this isn't the company I loved" or "this isn't who we used to be." (I am attempting to stay vague because management is paranoid and retaliatory.) It's a shame. From what I can tell, it used to be a great place to work. Then the C-suite started focusing on numbers above all else and threw the five pillars of culture and values away. The return to office order has been incredibly unpopular, but it is strictly enforced. They have never produced numbers to show that the staff is more productive in the office, in fact, all the metrics we were given showed incredible growth and they recently had a big party to celebrate reaching $1 billion in revenue. So that must mean they don't understand how to measure employees' worth unless they can see you sitting in a chair 40 hours a week and babysit you to ensure they get their pound of flesh out of you. (Prepare for your arrival/exits to be tracked.) But, if you have extra work and stay late, that doesn't count because extra work is a "perk" of having a job in this economy. They claim to always put patients first and brag about being a nonprofit, but threw a big party for reaching a revenue goal, not for reaching a goal that would benefit patients or clients. That seems telling. They claim to care about the environment, but they make everyone sit in traffic twice a day, burning fuel and polluting Utah's already bad air, to take video calls and attend meetings that have nothing to do with the workload. They claim to care about employees, but morale is at an all time low. The onsite clinic is so booked out that it's useless and the free gym is right near where the sewer keeps backing up, so that's unpleasant. The anonymous internal speak up portal is not anonymous and some who have sent feedback have been fired or harrassed until they quit. As other reviewers said, they are panicking over the low reviews on here and are trying to figure out how to game the system rather than fixing what's wrong.

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5.0
Dec 14, 2025
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

LGBT+ (I started openly transitioning here❤︎ Everyone is very considerate and helpful.) Free medical appointments with onsite clinic. There were a lot of reviews complaining about drama but I have not experienced any in my work field after working here 1.5 years. There are bonuses after your preliminary period that are dependent on how busy we are. The culture at work is very laid back. There are opportunities for pay increases but not by much. That said, I don't plan on finding work elsewhere or working towards management positions. The atmosphere and convenience here are more than worth pursuing better pay-in my opinion!-elsewhere. But that may not be worth it for you.

Cons

Pay rate but as an entry level experience hire, this works well for me and is totally offset by the free Dr appointments. College Campus: the traffic around 7-8am and 3-5pm is hell. There are some fun events but sometimes that means parking is reserved and you have to plan around those days. Also some festivals shut down roads so good luck navigating that.

1.0
Jun 26, 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

You can listen to music with headphones.

Cons

Terrible attendance policy. Easy to burn out if you AuDHD or any combination of Neurodivergent disabilities. If you are placed on leave and your FMLA runs out, they will take your position from you and tell you to try and get another position. When you're on leave, you can't view the internal job board unless you work with HR and a recruiter to unlock it. As the attendance policy has become more strict, 5 unapproved missed days in a rolling year as opposed to 10 when I first started, if you are placed on probation, they will use probation as a reason why you can't return to your last position or a previously held position. This used to be a great company, though with all of their changes and mandatory overtime in specimen processing, it's best to avoid specimen processing jobs unless it will help with credits for the University School programs. High chance of burning out from mandatory overtime.

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