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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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3K reviews
1.0
Oct 17, 2012

Getting a bad name for itself as an employer.

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Pros

Lots of different disciplines therefore you get to work with many interesting people.

Cons

Staff moral has sharply deteriorated over the last eight years. Glass ceiling. Absolutely no training ( could be just this specific department though). Very late nights every week but no return.

1.0
Jul 28, 2020
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Pros

Atkins is surviving only because of its people, however they do not realize it. The only thing that i liked about my entire career with Atkins were the people around.

Cons

Starting from the lower level to the higher level there is “Micro Management” at all times. You are forced to do things that you do not want to do. Even if you have a plan that you know could work, you wouldn't be allowed to execute. There is “no hierarchy” as people with less experience are hired for higher positions. They talk about career goals and how you can grow in Atkins but the truth is “You Can Never Grow”. You will be promised a lot of things when you initially start your career but you will never see it happen. If you know how to "Butter" people then you would best suit Atkins. The senior management has all the power and uses it as per their own will. Even if you have done a lot and speak about it in your review meetings you will still be rated as an average performer and will be given a “Lesser Hike”. People around will be promoted and a particular section of recruiters will see “No Growth” because they are the targeted people in the entire “UK Recruitment”. The “Management Finds Reasons To Put You Down” especially if you have a "Big mouth", you are outspoken and if you stand for what you think is right. This company “Will Never Value You”, even if you have stood up with the company and agreed on a salary cut when needed. They talk about “Safety Of Women” but have never thought of how people will travel even in the pandemic. You “Will Be Pushed Out Of The Company Anytime” even if you are a loyal employee without a strong reason.

1.0
Oct 19, 2015

Racist Company

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Good pay and paid on time.

Cons

The most racist company I have ever come across. Incompetent fools are given higher positions based on only one qualification: being British; being white also helps. Non-engineers are masquerading as senior engineers and being shielded by higher British staff by assigning important projects. Non-British staff is treated as lower class and given mickey mouse projects t make them look irrelevant. Condescending attitude towards non-British staff. British staff when laid off was awarded gratuity illegally even thought they served less than one year but non-British was denied. List goes on. Sad truth is Atkins goes into the colonial mode in the Middle East, where they know they can get away with it, even though they profess racial equality in England where they can't get away with it. Real test is not when law requires you to be fair, real test is practicing that in an environment that does not have nay checks like in the Middle East.

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