Atwell reviews

3.4

59% would recommend to a friend

(159 total reviews)

Brian Wenzel

77% approve of CEO

61% positive business outlook

Atwell has an employee rating of 3.4 out of 5 stars, based on 159 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Atwell employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Construction, Repair & Maintenance Services industry (3.7 stars).

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159 reviews
1.0
Sep 23, 2023

Aggressive growth, incompetent leadership

Anonymous employee
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Pros

The pay is fairly competitive, that's one of the only good things about this company.

Cons

They have an extremely aggressive growth strategy without the competence to execute it. The majority of what Atwell upper management told the employees when our firm was acquired was a lie. Your life revolves around time sheets, utilization rates, meetings, etc. They have lots of top down policies and procedures that make it difficult to bring in work. Maybe that works for them in other markets, but makes them unable to compete in this market. Legal and accounting actively work against the project managers. They bragged about their 95% retention rate and then laid off 20% of the staff within 6 months. They give lots of lip service to their culture, but the truth is that there is no company culture. They promised raises to certain staff that never came through. Horrible company.

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Atwell Response
2y
I am sorry for your experience with Atwell clearly, our firms merged, and the process didn't go well for you, and all I can do is apologize. I believe our very well-thought-out growth strategy is being executed quickly, and as I just mentioned in another response, with growth comes a lot of opportunity and some speed bumps. I wish you the very best and again thanks for leaving feedback and I am sorry
1.0
Dec 16, 2024
Recommend
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Pros

There are no pros working here.

Cons

Where to start? Management is full of individuals who have never been in a manager position before. They'll preach about how "approachable" they are, along with how they "appreciate critism." Once confronted with an issue, they become defensive and fire you with some sort of excuse. The timesheet you submit will change, and time will be charged to projects not being worked on by management. This was questioned by myself, which resulted in a defensive and abrasive battle with upper management. The in-office work enviornment was hostile and inappropriate. You'll deal with highly inappropriate conversations, which was encouraged by management, as you are on the phone with clients. Retaliation does occur here. Don't bother reaching out to HR, as this will come back to punish you. Ethics, as well as respect does not occur here. You'll be promised work that will be given to somebody else. As much as you reach out with lack of work, they do not care. Not to mention, mental health and a healthy work environment is preached here... unless you don't align with their non-existent values.

2.0
Apr 2, 2022

Individual people are great, poor upper management

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Great co workers, flexible work from home options, truly will let you explore what you're interested in

Cons

Upper management does not care about you. Low pay, overworked and understaffed. Poor organization and management

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Atwell Response
3y
It pains me to see you think we hire just to hire. We try so very hard to look at the market and provide equal pay across the company and we are typically above average in the pay categories. I am sorry this was your experience at Atwell it is very hard to read a negative post, but I will say we will continue to push communication and listen to our employees to hopefully make as many people as happy as we can about the culture.
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