Q&A With AECOM Employees

2-3% once a year Been like that at least the last 12 years.

I worked at AECOM for over 20 years and never once had a raise.

1.5% for 2019 which is insulting.

Lots of overtime due to employee shortages

Poor. Strong emphasis on 100% billability, along with an uncertain backlog means there is no reserve capacity for work when it comes in and no appetite for hiring. This means most people are always working overtime.

depends on your office and your boss

Aknowledge employees , don't be so quick to write up an employee but "forget " to give an attaboy once in awhile...

Give a raise

Leadership is out of touch and resented by employees.

Love my work and my team

great flexibility but worry about my job daily

People are great to work with, though sometimes I feel that being a corporate drone really hurts my self image

If he knew what engineering was it would be bonus. Look at the share price it’s like a slow yo-yo. When IPO went ahead $40 was expected in 10 years. The hierarchy are on very good renumeration , but what are they doing. Moral is down, the IT infrastructure required for the job is a joke. The outsourcing of everything only brings despondency.

Doesn’t know the little people

An accountant as CEO of an engineering company results in everything coming down to the bottom line. There's no regard for how engineering work is done. If everyone is billable, good. That's how it feels.

Focus on the client and the employees. There is a large focus on making money, not much else.

Change the financial tracking system for PM's

better pay and much better healthcare

open office

Horrible health benefits. More expense, less coverage than my last employer. They told me my target bonus was achievable, total lie

Salary is fair, other benefits are poor.

Micro managed. Management that really doesnt belong in their current positions. Almost always never listen to front line employees.

The pay isn't enough for the work we do.

Ability to purchase group health/dental/vision insurance, ability to contribute to 401k

have become awful and unusuable

What morale ? Here at Ccad it is non - existent, unless you're management . The random firings are the best part ...

Horrible, everyone is looking for another job.

morale is at an all time low

survival of the fittest...let everyone know there will be cuts and pit everyone against each other in an interview process with those that survive getting new titles and no raises.

By using a Magic 8 Ball. Not really sure, there is no set requirements for promotions or set career paths.

I have no idea. No one in my office has gotten any kind of promotion or raise in the past two years. It seems like the only way to get a title change/raise is to obtain your architectural license.

once a year at a review in which everyone needs to fit in a bell curve. This means you will automatically get moved to the middle and have good and bad things said about you by design

Minimal and lacking

It is a once a year formal review process. Outside of that, if you want feedback about your work, in my experience you have to specifically ask your manager for it, and prepare for them to be annoyed.

Those that can work 70+ hours a week succeed at AECOM. Those that will toss the rest of their life to make others look better

People who play politics.

In my experience, the people who succeed are the people who are in the right crowd. Management do not make an effort AT ALL to have a relationship with their employees outside of the yearly appraisal.

I enjoy working with most of my coworkers.

Many great folks here

love my colleagues!

Either an improved work-life balance or the ability to sell earned paid time off back to the company. I’ve reached the maximum accrual for time off and each pay period I lose almost 8 hours of PTO. At the average rate of $102/hr, that’s over $800 every two weeks.

The working week was increased from 37.5 hrs to 40 a few years back with no financial recognition. This was whilst other departments who had been ‘purchased’ continued to 37.5 hrs.

Maybe hold management responsible ? Na! Keep on earning a D - rating ! Y'all earned it....

upper level is awful local level is great

top level has one or two good folks but most are all about bonuses and cutting IT

Outsource heavy

Horrible! We are just a number

The company lacks a culture unless "be a number" is a culture.

Focused on revenue and staff utilization. Nothing else.

Take lower salary

Just talk like you know what you’re talking about without really being able to do real work.

Run the other way! But if your female? Let’s see cowgill told a girl for a BJ he would give her a job! And Diane brooks has moved up to supervisor. Got a DUI still here but if others get DUI we would be fired!!

I would have liked to have known I was just going to be a number

How mediocre the company truly was. I thought you had to be the best and would get the opportunity to work with the best. Nope

How fast it would be going down hill!!! They will be gone pretty quick though

I do not feel secure at all as we have had major cuts of 25% or more for at least the last 5 years

Depends on week to week and how many hours you can bill to fee earning work. There is a lot of pressure to be 100% fee earning 100% of the time.

My job is secure! Their contract is not. The compatw

Don't work for them. They care nothing for their employees.

the work and the team i am on

Soldiers. Working with the Soldiers!!

Work as a team

We get along

We get along.