AECOM Employee Reviews
Out of 496 AECOM employee reviews, 63% were positive. The remaining 37% were constructive reviews with the goal of helping AECOM improve their work culture. The Design team, with 78% positive reviews, reports the best experience at AECOM compared to all other departments at the company. The IT team offered the most constructive feedback, with 56% of that department's reviews constructive in nature.
What does the leadership team need to get better at?
Communicate and drive the company
Focusing on people not numbers
Appreciate different career paths of employees.
Work/life balance and fair wages
Replace leadership with actual technical staff instead of having financial people running the company
Why do you feel undervalued and what would make you feel better about your compensation?
I have just informed them I will need a minimum 5% off-cycle increase in order to continue my career at AECOM. At this point I am just counting the days until I either retire or quit.
I feel undervalued because I was placed on an unjustified performance improvement plan by my unqualified bosses.
Pay increase, due recognition or just fair working conditions
I understand that new graduates might have a reduced rate coming into the workforce for the first time. But, if I am meeting expectations then I expect to be paid the average at least. However, AECOM is slow and unwilling to meet my needs and expectations in compensation.
Review from Engineering Dept
men in my same postion paid 2x as much
What do your coworkers need to improve and how could you work together better?
Be more collaborative less sneaky
Quit working at this company
Comstant staff overturn, especially among junior staff.
They're all stressed from the toxic culture and expectations. When coworkers leave they're more normal.
Some coworkers were fine, others who had managements favoritism acted as though they were better then everyone else.
What needs to change to make the company culture better?
Attitude toward us minorities at work
Managers need to stop working weekends, stop working when they are sick, I need to stop receiving emails past work hours that add stress
Review from Engineering Dept
Reduce the focus on project financials. Reward ataff instead of holding them to unrealistic financial goals
Don't use layperson to manage engineering projects.
Review from Engineering Dept
Decent management with meaningful support from the HQ
What would you improve about your company's interview process?
Never had an interview... applied online and told to show up to different things... never had a formal interview or interview process or onboarding..
Give experienced workers a chance instead of only hiring new grads
Review from Marketing Dept
More face to face then all the questions on computer. One on one
Review from Operations Dept
What's going wrong and how can it be improved?
Put quality and employees ahead of the numbers. Take care of the people and they will get the numbers
AECOM sometimes is too large to provide the expected services to its clients
Management needs to change, engineers need to run the business not accountants or lawyers
Too burocatic and no innovation
The company is a complete disaster. Management doesn't have a clue whats happening or how to run a business. They don’t care about their employees. Turn over is the highest
What would you most like to see improved at your company?
Restoration of previous manpower and salary levels.
Review from IT Dept
Wages
Communication
Review from Engineering Dept