Lied to - Anonymous employee Black & Veatch Employee Review

PTO is capped at 4 weeks and accumulated over time and you can only roll over 1 week at the end of the year. While other more progressive companies are moving to unlimited PTO, they're clinging to this old-style time off benefit. The big punch in the gut, though, is the complete reversal of the permanently remote position I applied for and accepted to the demand that everyone go to the office 3 days a week. I left a "forever remote" position for this one because I wanted to stay remote. I was told how progressive Black & Veatch was in its "Working in New Ways" policy and it was the main reason I applied for the job. This is a bait and switch in the worst way possible because it affects my life and the balance remote work offered by not having to commute, buy expensive work clothes/shoes/accessories, avoiding getting sick every time someone came in with the latest daycare bug, and the general mental well-being not being around an office full of noise and people. The CEO and higher ups keep attempting to gaslight everyone by saying we wanted to return to the office and that various surveys say so. I have yet to see any of this data. This isn't the company I thought it was and from what it sounds like, the new CEO is undoing a great culture that everyone boasted about and were very proud of when I came on board. Now everyone seems beaten down, depressed and realizing that no one is listening to what they have to say. People are already leaving and I fear we're watching a lot of talent walk out the door. DE&I seems to be something they try to tout, but they don't really walk the walk. There's definitely a 'good ol' boys' club feeling.