Arcadis reviews

Working nights, weekends, traveling with very little notice. Even If you are working those types of hours/shifts/other locations you may still be scrambling to stay billable for your 40hrs. If you can't stay billable say goodbye, doesn't matter how long you have worked there. performance recognition is little to nothing. Arcadis gobbles up other successful env. consulting companies and implements their corporate structure, eliminating rewarding bonus structures, flexibility, even how clients can be acquired. Mid-level management completely loses their ability to reward their subordinates. Everything changes and their system rewards only those at the top. Working hard gets you more work, but getting a raise is near to impossible unless you get a competing job offer. No cost of living wage increases. They say its based on merit but if your managers aren't finding/giving you the work don't let the door hit you on the way out. When its busy they treat field staff like heros, but when its review time its not reflected in pay increases. Same tired lines about advancement but there is no where to advance to unless someone leaves. You can spend more time in the day looking for billable work then actually working.

- NOT ALL WORK GROUPS ARE CREATED EQUAL; Some work groups are supportive and realize that professional development, recognition, and collaboration are important. These groups may have pizza parties and cake for employees celebrating a milestone with the company. Other groups do not exhibit such proven leadership nor recognize the importance of employee morale with respect to employee retention. Management needs to realize that there is a reason why certain work groups have higher turnover rates than others. Until management does something to change this lack of leadership will continue to breed discontent and loss of talented employees. - Salaries are VERY dependent on work group, operating manager, and office location. Even within a single office, an engineer with 3-5yrs experience can earn a base salary <$1k higher than an entry-level engineer with 0yrs experience. - The company seems to acquire or merge with another company every year in order to show clients that it is "growing" and "responding" to the global market. Well, that's great except that these mergers continue to provide greater salary discrepancies among employees in the same grade and experience level and the shrinking IT department cannot keep up with merging all of the communications systems.