Is AECOM a good company to work for?

AECOM has an overall rating of 3.7 out of 5, based on over 12,657 reviews left anonymously by employees. This rating has decreased by 3% over the last 12 months. 70% of employees would recommend working at AECOM to a friend and 60% have a positive outlook for the business. The best reviews about AECOM have been left by employees working as Engineering Intern , Intern and Intern - Hourly .

Does AECOM pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, AECOM employees rate their compensation and benefits as 3.3 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at AECOM. This rating has decreased by 2% over the last 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at AECOM?

70% of AECOM employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated AECOM 3.7 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.6 for culture and values and 3.6 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at AECOM?

Engineer (496) , Project Manager (420) , Civil Engineer (264) , Graduate Engineer (206) , Senior Engineer (187) , Project Engineer (165) , Intern (157) , Senior Project Manager (129) , Structural Engineer (125) , Consultant (121) , Associate Director (112) , Environmental Scientist (107) , Architect (104) , Mechanical Engineer (92) , Associate (90)

What are the pros of working at AECOM according to real employee reviews?

"Some great people work here and can be excellent resources if you seek them out." ((in 686 reviews)); "Good benefits and they always gave me the tools to move ahead in my career." ((in 519 reviews)); "The pay as a consultant is good and there are a wide variety of jobs and clients to work with." ((in 347 reviews)); "Good work life balance and WFH" ((in 279 reviews)); "Great team with diverse skills and background" ((in 263 reviews))

What are the cons of working at AECOM according to real employee reviews?

"Salary is low for area...rent and taxes are high...with minimum wage going up need to open the coffers." ((in 416 reviews)); "Project managers do not follow ethics when it come to the time charges and scope creeping." ((in 167 reviews)); "Poor upper management." ((in 163 reviews)); "Long hours and very overstretched" ((in 138 reviews)); "No bonus; performance managment system is a joke; must travel for work on own time and no claims allowed for air miles" ((in 123 reviews))

What are employees saying about AECOM layoffs in 2026?

Explore Glassdoor’s employee reviews to understand what current and former employees are saying about AECOM layoffs and their outlook for job security at AECOM in 2026.

What are the top reviewed AECOM locations?

New York , Los Angeles , Houston , Arlington , Austin , Denver , Atlanta , Chicago , Washington , San Diego , San Francisco , Dallas , Orange , Philadelphia , Oakland , Sacramento , Boston , Tampa , Germantown , Seattle , Orlando , Honolulu , Chelmsford , Minneapolis , Raleigh , New Orleans , Miami , Richmond , Virginia Beach , Pueblo

AECOM reviews

3.7

70% would recommend to a friend

(11,187 total reviews)

Troy Rudd

79% approve of CEO

60% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

3.9

Diversity & inclusion

3.7

Work/Life balance

3.6

Culture & values

3.6

Career opportunities

3.3

Compensation and benefits

3.2

Senior management

AECOM has an employee rating of 3.7 out of 5 stars, based on 11,187 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The AECOM 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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11K reviews

4.0

Aug 17, 2025

Excellent Company

Environmental engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

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Pros

Great team to work with

Cons

not much, over all a good company

3.0

Aug 17, 2025

It used to be good

Administrative assistant

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

The workload is okay if you know how to set boundaries with your local supervisors. Otherwise, they will keep adding tasks with no additional pay and will expect you to perform at a full-time capacity for all those tasks. You are lucky if you get a good local supervisor who can back you up when your shareholder is being unfair. Usually that is not the case. You will thrive in this company if you are desperate to keep a livelihood to feed your family and know how to swallow all injustices and random inconveniences that add nothing to the business continuity.

Cons

RTO increase from 1x a week to 2x a week with no renegotiation of salary/allowance. No overtime pay even with company mandated events outside of office hours (town halls, employee engagement). Upper management is stingy and you really feel them put the burden of cost cutting on employee comfort when they keep piling onto your workload. A lot of employees are unhappy with the aggressive means that upper management is taking to ensure that older hires quit on their own so they can replace them with lower-paid new hires (increased RTO, micro-managing utilization to see who they can bombard with additional allocation, a lot of redundant micromanagement tasks that take away time to do your actual job).

5.0

Aug 17, 2025

Great team and good opportunities

Graduate urban designer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

- Good collaborative environment - Multi-disciplinary working - Large-scale projects - Friendly and encouraging team - Flexible working culture

Cons

- Could be a bit slower on career progression

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