Balfour Beatty reviews

Employees in division functional positions are not valued unless you are of a management level. Those of us not in a management role are not valued at all by supervisors or executive leadership at all. Some of us have been loyal to the company for a while and receive our annual COLA that is suppose to make us happy and unless you are of a management level and know how to pressure the upper management that you will leave unless you receive a better increase you just sit here and smile with your little increase and act like all is good because no one is going to listen to you any way. When you have other leadership positions receiving 5-25% increases if not annually then semi-annually every year for the past 3-4 years. Upper management has no clue of how to work together as a well-oil machine and they do not even value each other so therefore how could they value divisional employees. Since the lay off's of severa C-level officers, this company has gone further and further downhill. The turnover rate is the highest in the last 10 years to support this statement. There is no growth for division people (project employees not only receive nice raises every year but also better bonus'), and when you think officer's have your back they truly just let you down and do not listen to you when you try to discuss with them.

The corporate environment is a "good old boys" mentality. Balfour Beatty is in financial trouble according to the business sites in Europe. The Western region is a mess -- there is no leadership -- just small fish in a big pond lacking management skills, or for that matter any skills (compared to other firms I have/am working for in the same industry) The projects are boring The marketing department is a proposal mill -- they go after anything and everything even when they do not have the experience or staff. The entire proposal development process is a joke -- they don't understand the process at all -- they hand in write-ups at the last minute and expect marketing to work most of the night to complete it -- non-responsive to requests -- and that is why they didn't make their goal for 2014 -- not even close Award lazy people and chastise hard workers No social graces -- very rough around the edges, but think they are sophisticated and polished. Overwork all staff and pay them a very low salary. Disrespectful But if you are into the environment described above -- go for it!