Is Atkins a good company to work for?

Atkins has an overall rating of 3.9 out of 5, based on over 2,820 reviews left anonymously by employees. This rating has been stable over the past 12 months. 80% of employees would recommend working at Atkins to a friend and 70% have a positive outlook for the business. The best reviews about Atkins have been left by employees working as Engineer , Project Manager and Senior Project Manager .

Does Atkins pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Atkins employees rate their compensation and benefits as 3.4 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Atkins. This rating has been stable over the past 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Atkins?

80% of Atkins employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated Atkins 3.9 out of 5 for work life balance, 4.0 for culture and values and 3.8 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Atkins?

Engineer (112) , Graduate Engineer (111) , Assistant Engineer (71) , Consultant (65) , Project Manager (62) , Senior Engineer (53) , Architect (42) , Senior Consultant (42) , Civil Engineer (40) , Mechanical Engineer (36) , Intern (32) , Structural Engineer (28) , Principal Consultant (25) , Principal Engineer (23) , Graduate Consultant (22)

What are the pros of working at Atkins according to real employee reviews?

"The people you work with in the company are great and the atmosphere OUTSIDE of project work is brilliant." ((in 179 reviews)); "Work life balance is good you get WFH option when needed the most" ((in 161 reviews)); "Good Culture and enjoyable a" ((in 114 reviews)); "Good benefits and can buy additional leave" ((in 91 reviews)); "Some competent and friendly colleagues." ((in 65 reviews))

What are the cons of working at Atkins according to real employee reviews?

"Salary is low in London" ((in 133 reviews)); "Low pay and often overlooked" ((in 82 reviews)); "Far too many managers and an opaque management system." ((in 38 reviews)); "I would add there have been a raft of changes at Senior Management and Director levels the past year, and as such I increasingly feel the senior management are disconnected from the employees on the ground." ((in 26 reviews)); "No training what so ever." ((in 25 reviews))

What are employees saying about Atkins layoffs in 2026?

Explore Glassdoor’s employee reviews to understand what current and former employees are saying about Atkins layoffs and their outlook for job security at Atkins in 2026.

What Atkins locations have received the highest employee ratings?

Dallas , Henderson , Oak Ridge , Miami , Raleigh , Orlando

Atkins reviews

3.9

80% would recommend to a friend

(2,555 total reviews)

Philip Hoare

87% approve of CEO

70% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

4.1

Diversity & inclusion

4.0

Culture & values

3.9

Work/Life balance

3.8

Career opportunities

3.5

Senior management

3.4

Compensation and benefits

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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Reviews by job title

3K reviews

1.0

Dec 2, 2014

Lots of Recent False Positive Reviews by Management

Senior consultant

Recommend

CEO approval

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Pros

Decent salaries and benefits that are generally competitive with other big global engineering firms. But don't rely on the recent positive reviews. Rather, actually talk to current and previous Atkins employees before you accept a job with this company. The best talent left long ago and most of those that are left are actively looking to get out. Increasing shareholder value - stock price - is the only value this company promotes.

Cons

Toxic cut-throat environment; little or no appreciation of employees - you are only as good as your last timesheet; very quick to layoff employees after projects are completed; no long-term commitment to retaining experienced staff; sales and business development strategy is completely lacking as evidenced by declining revenues; U.S. organizational scheme is highly flawed, confusing and inefficient; U.S. CEO is untrustworthy and uninspiring.

1.0

Oct 11, 2014

immature group managers, poor management, Office politics, looking forward to leaving asap!

Consultant

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

nothing that I have seen last few months

Cons

I regret that I accepted Atkins offer a few months ago, my group manager who is an immature individual provided incorrect information to convince me. Americas Director who seemed to be a nice person laid off. My colleague told me that she was back-stabbed by some of the managers who want to take her place. These managers were her best friends in the office. Morale is very bad in the office,technical leads act as slave drivers in the office, everyone hates them in our group. I am looking forward to leaving this place asap.

1.0

Aug 23, 2014

Demoralizing, poisonous place and managers to work

Senior consultant

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Nothing that I have seen since 2012

Cons

Many engineers have been laid off and several good ones left the company because of poor organization, poor management. The ones who stay are looking forward to leave ASAP. The office is driven by office politics, gossip and fear. It is also driven by paranoia. The managers are only concerned about saving their own tails. Instead of laying off the managers who fail consistently, they laid off engineers who did their best

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