Balfour Beatty reviews

3.8

76% would recommend to a friend

(2,030 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 2,030 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
3.0
Jan 22, 2016

getting there

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Pros

can see the error of its ways in the past, actively changing for the future

Cons

large corporate has a lot of inertia

3.0
Dec 25, 2015

Interesting experience

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Good benefit package Holiday Training Opportunities to improve skills

Cons

Highly bureaucratic Poor IT set up Managerial disputes at senior management

3.0
Dec 21, 2015

Cutting rather than investing to reduce cost

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Good breadth of projects. Drive to reduce costs. Some progress and long term plans

Cons

Strong path dependancy, resistance to change and reliance on old techniques and tools. Project Managers show the highest prevalence for these. Senior management response to profit warnings is cutting overheads, which is driving skilled labour out because job insecurity, leaving those who cannot leave

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