Wood reviews

3.7

70% would recommend to a friend

(2,778 total reviews)

Ken Gilmartin

46% approve of CEO

46% positive business outlook

Wood has an employee rating of 3.7 out of 5 stars, based on 2,778 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Wood employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Energy, Mining & Utilities industry (3.7 stars).

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3K reviews
1.0
Feb 28, 2018

wood where your career ends.

Anonymous employee
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Pros

as with most companies most people are helpful and try to help but poor management leads to non unity and functions looking out for only themselves

Cons

Why cant we access usb drive on computers? what year is this? stupid just plain stupid. if you need files only option to email to yourself. horrible it support, it is outsourced so you must wait 2 weeks for a response from someone overseas. you will get a call or email at 2am asking for clarification. then you will get another response saying issue has been resolved since you did not respond. vacation earned, you do not start with any. first and hopefully last company i ever work at where you have to accrue your time off. must buy your own office supplies. ok so for basics pens paper yes they provide but anything "fancy" like a mousepad, headphones, you gotta pay your self. terrible health benefits for company this size. expensive premiums, high payroll deductions. lack of standards for anything- procedures, rules, policies everyone does there own thing and no one seems to care no pay raises in last 6 years but of course upper management still gets there bonuses no support, tools, training to do your job . too many different software systems and outdated systems will make you go crazy segregated divisions and managment without clear set goals. you will work on projects for no reasons and managment will not support you so then you will go work on another meaningless project zero mobility or promotions. sadly i've known people in same positions for years without promotion or raise. wont promote from within will only hire outside people. entire departements outsourced laid off without warning or reason. no upward mobility the position you start in is where you will end in unless you leave company.

3.0
Dec 29, 2017

Project Delivery

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Pros

Flexible hours, great people to work with. Legacy company had great career path, fair salaries, experienced mentors, valued long term employees.

Cons

As Amec and now Wood try to globalize the diverse services, layers of upper management doubled. Management blames market conditions, but that was coincidence. Amec's inexperienced management has decimated what Foster Wheeler took a decade to implement. FW had a global financial system with procedures that were SOX, USGAPP, IFRS and local financial laws where entity operated. Global WBS (all services), ERP system that covered job costing, A/P, A/R, procurement, G/L, HR, Payroll, client billing history but WBS code. Automated A/P system, expense, detailed paid cost information. Checks and balances in project execution which promoted team involvement which allowed key team members means to challenge poor decisions by other team members. Now, Americas have been put on a system which puts some control in finance/commerical disciplines which has caused major inefficiencies in project delivery reducing margin. Amec's lack of downstream experience has crippled the service entities that were the main margin contributors globally. Amec has reduced benefits in US but not anywhere else in the world. Canadians are being hired in US, given living costs and given jobs in which employees were laid off or furloughed. Wood has stated shorten benefit change will happen within local laws. All to keep adding overhead upper management layers which do not generate revenue accrual.

1.0
Mar 24, 2020

Terrible Unethical Management

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Pros

Paid okay while working, but continually laying off personnel

Cons

The severance is awful and the benefits are terrible, at least in the USA

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