Balfour Beatty reviews

3.8

76% would recommend to a friend

(2,029 total reviews)

Philip Hoare

82% approve of CEO

76% positive business outlook

Balfour Beatty has an employee rating of 3.8 out of 5 stars, based on 2,029 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Balfour Beatty 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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2K reviews
2.0
May 28, 2025

Balfour Beatty

Recommend
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Pros

Good pay, people, and bonuses

Cons

Toxic upper management, crappy subs, long work weeks (55+ hrs)

2.0
Jan 28, 2025

Not a great look

Recommend
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Pros

Pros: nice office, some of the staff are good people, good benefits

Cons

Cons: unable to retain employees, constant turn & burn with hiring and firing people (fired employees who'd been there for 20 years just to cut budgets), sketchy leadership, heavy workload not enough pay, poor management, low company growth and opportunities to move up

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