AECOM reviews

Where do I start? I worked happily for one of the many smaller companies AECOM took over in their "conquer the world" aim. Initially things weren't too different but boy oh boy, are they now! The company has no soul or indeed heart, it is run like a automated process. Initiative has gone out the window, there are strict processes to follow and the atmosphere is intensely corporate. There is a general feeling of apathy and discontentment among all but senior management, who feed like leeches off the workforce so that they can go into yet more meetings and crow about performance. The introduction of the new APIC/ORACLE systems are proving disastrous and causing everybody nothing but added stress as the company seek to cut administrative and supports staff. Make no mistake, AECOM are all about money (7.3bn revenue last year) and while that is what business is all about, it's built on the back of a worn down workforce. Bonuses will become a thing of the past but for the select few and senior management If you are reading this before taking up a position-think again and read what people have to say If you are reading as an ex employee-give an honest write up, it could help save someone from making a big mistake.

Not an employee focused firm, it's all about utilization and bottom line profit. They have lost the mission. To say "Big Brother/Big Sister is watching" is an understatement, employees are cattle and management does cull the herd whenever they approach end of a quarter..... Morale, also known as esprit de corps, is an intangible term used to describe the capacity of people to maintain belief in an institution or a goal, or even in oneself and others - right now AECOM employees don't have much......