Balfour Beatty reviews

3.8

76% would recommend to a friend

(2,029 total reviews)

Philip Hoare

82% approve of CEO

75% 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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3.0
Jun 26, 2014

Good company -- west region not so great

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Pros

The company as a whole is progressive. The company as whole embraces technology, new ideas, training, etc. Large international company that has a culture of thinking out of the box and being innovative.

Cons

Understand this negative review is for the Western region only. No work/life balance -- no overtime. All salaried employees are exempt -- even low paying jobs. The western region is made up of two very small companies that were acquired in the past 10 years. They do not collaborate and are highly competitive -- each thinks they are better than the other. What does that mean to the employees? Lack of respect for management. Many of the legacy employees have "big" titles but not the education or experience to fill the shoes of those titles. It is a good old boys club. I have actually heard them say "we should have this person (female) to participate in interviews and we can show how diverse we are". Unfortunately they are hiring many experienced employees who only become frustrated because of the leaderships lack of knowledge and experience. They talk about collaboration, communication, etc. -- but don't practice these behaviors. My hope has been that things would change. I don’t see that happening until they move some people out of executive positions and move execs that know the area and have the contacts into those positions. This is only for the Western Region – it is the blind leading the knowledgeable and not open to learning and sharing information. People have used my ideas and taken credit for them. That’s just sad on so many levels.

1.0
Jun 23, 2014
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Pros

Time off is fair, company is large, so has potential.

Cons

Salaries aren't great. Information isn't shared, for such a large company they prefer to micro manage every level, which does not allow for growth individually or as a company. Not open to employee suggestions for change or morale. Leaders are intimidated by their employees and tend to not hire those that are more qualified than themselves.

2.0
Jun 18, 2014

Is all about who knows who!

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Pros

Great learning experience on military leasing on base. Training with Grace Hill could be improved to more onsite training.

Cons

No matter how hard you work, how much experience or education you have, it will all measure up on how good friends you become with upper management. Many people with lack of managerial traits end up being managers just because managers will back them up. Credit is given to those that don't do much instead of those who really work.

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