Populous reviews

3.6

70% would recommend to a friend

(185 total reviews)
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Bruce Miller

71% approve of CEO

60% positive business outlook

Populous has an employee rating of 3.6 out of 5 stars, based on 185 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Populous 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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185 reviews
5.0
Mar 15, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Great place to work and get experience

Cons

Projects tend to take a long time to build which is typical at that scale.

1.0
Feb 10, 2026

Not a professional company

Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Great holiday parties, good health insurance

Cons

Lack of professionalism among leadership. Favoritism is obvious and if you're a favorite prepare to a less than great experience. Long hours with no overtime. They often underestimate the time and staff needed to complete projects. Lack of industry knowledge from employees. Staffing is nonexistent - they want you to act as an independent contractor and find your projects yourself. Offices outside of Kansas City are satellite offices so you must travel to KC often to move up within the company. Terrible expense policy where you foot the bill for the company (for flights, hotels, food, etc.) and they take months to repay expenses. HR has had a plethora of racist allegations brought against them.

1.0
Feb 9, 2026

Very long hours

Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Nice new office, the team I'm working on is friendly

Cons

Prepare to work 60-70 hour weeks! I feel like I was lied to by the recruitment and HR team who said they had good work life balance. This is not the case. They are always hiring because people are always leaving, I've never worked somewhere with such high turnover.

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