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Atkins reviews

3.9

79% would recommend to a friend

(2,555 total reviews)
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Philip Hoare

87% approve of CEO

68% positive business outlook

Atkins has an employee rating of 3.9 out of 5 stars, based on 2,555 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Atkins employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Management & Consulting industry (3.7 stars).

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1.0
Oct 14, 2018

Absolutely atrocious, poisonous and deceitful

Anonymous employee
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Pros

The team I worked in was good, people shared skills and knowledge- of the kind a what a young professional wants and hopes from such a company. But that is where it all ENDS! The only other questionably positive from my period there is a few lessons from what is also known as the university of life

Cons

Disfunctional teams, eternal infighting, incompetent people leading teams-principal engineers/leads who have no clue about the subject matter yet become/proclaim themselves as experts and subsequently pass the buck onto people lower down in the hierarchy resulting in loss of valuable clients- be ashamed of yourselves for asking for and getting bonuses after all this- you would have been fired in any other functional organisation. Senseless focus on absurd indices like productivity that should be used within a context and not just as a number, no willingness for risk. The list can go on but I think this is enough

1.0
May 16, 2015
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Pros

Technical staff leaders in their field, most people unfailingly helpful in spite of huge work pressure, interesting projects, opportunity for international travel, excellent brand.

Cons

Arrogant and incompetent senior management, too many bureaucratic processes, obsession with money making, risk averse decision making, constant organisational re-structuring, awful work / life balance.

1.0
Aug 24, 2015
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Pros

Some of your colleagues are really good, inspirational people with a good sense of humour. Making an attempt to embed innovation into the company.

Cons

People in management have no management experience, wrong people running the show. The CEO and lieutenants have no vision other than to say the right things at the next quarterly shareholder update. Confused strategy about whether to concentrate on UK or go harder on international work. Old fashioned mentality, not agile, not entrepreneurial, not changing with the times, poor salary and benefits, no bonus for most staff this year, older male dominated, not many non-white people. I could go on...

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