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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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3K reviews
2.0
Jun 9, 2016

Thought it was better than it was

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Pros

Friendly colleagues at non management level Interesting work when it was available

Cons

Not enough responsibility given to grads and assistant engineers to allow them to progress in their career. Made redundant on a short sighted decision based on the quickest way they could cut people when the first month of the year had poor results. Atkins claim to be easy to move through and try different departments, but I was trying for a secondment for the full 4 years I worked there and it was only in the last year when my sector was in trouble that I was able to secure one. The redeployment efforts during my consultancy period was a joke. I was never utilised to my full potential despite trying to chase work constantly.

1.0
Apr 30, 2016

Worst company I have worked for in the Middle East.

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Pros

Some good people to work with. Interesting work. Align yourself with the right manager and Atkins will look after you.

Cons

Below market average salary and penny pinching tendencies - except for senior managers. Incompetent management. Minimal leadership and strategy. Extremely top heavy structure. Useless HR, poor immigration/induction assistance. Tendency to ignore internal procedures. Virtually no useful communication from the leadership teams or between projects. Very siloed. Poor relationship with Atkins UK. Hire and fire culture with lousy progression opportunities, unless you are a senior manager.

3.0
Feb 15, 2016

New leadership worse culture

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Pros

Lots of great people & projects

Cons

Leadership very profit focused, productivity is all that matters. Matrix structure doesn't bring out the best way to work on projects.

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