Mott MacDonald reviews

There is a bullying mentality among associates., who also take an active role in ensuring that younger members of staff do not get a promotion. I was disgusted at the treatment of myself, and others and I had to leave after a considerable time with the company. The timesheet culture is draconian and is expected to be completed in your own time. My wife had cancer and the senior management would not move me closer to home in case of emergency, which put psychological pressure on me and caused depression. I would not recommend this company to anyone. It is not the company I joined 12 years ago.

When you join Mott MacDonald, you joining thinking that a big international company will offer you endless opportunities for growth and development. While in theory is true, in practice it is not. The company is widely knows to pay lower than the competitors. You will expect an average of 3% pay rise for an average performer and 5% pay rise for a good performer. This applies to all grades in your company. Your performance is mainly defined by your manager and there is no clear process defined. Even though they claimed to be an employee owned company, in practice it is a senior management owned company. Senior people sell you the dream that if you work hard, one day you will be given the opportunity to get shares. However, the reality is that you do not really know how shares are given and what you need to do get shares. Again, the decision is done by a manager and you have high chances to get shares if you know him. When it comes to promotions, MM is really slow. There is only clarity when you move from graduate to consultant (i.e. you need to get chartered). After that, the path is not clear and usually managers do not what to tell you what you need to do. Also, one thing that they don't tell you is that they can only promote a number of people each cycle. So you may be eligible for a promotion but you need to wait to the next cycle because the previous cycle has been fulfilled. Whist a lower levels there is diversity, this does not happen at a higher levels. Bosses, senior managers and board are mainly white British men .