Black & Veatch reviews

3.5

67% would recommend to a friend

(2,082 total reviews)
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Mario Azar

43% approve of CEO

62% positive business outlook

Black & Veatch has an employee rating of 3.5 out of 5 stars, based on 2,082 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Black & Veatch 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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2.0
Jun 22, 2010
Recommend
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Pros

BV has several good benefits and vacations. Administration staff are very nice and helpful.

Cons

When I joined this company, I really take a full pride with my job, my company, and my responsibilities. However, often times there were no communication between the upper management and the employees about the performance or expectation in goal setting. Worst of all, we are told to work as much as we can and put about average 45-50 hours, or else you will be fired. Black & Veatch should change their mission value to "Charge our Clients as much as we can while contributing small values for the client." Many employees got laid off after they have finished first or second project. This is very sad. Later on, they hired many fresh graduates that have little or no experience whatsoever and charging their client as much as they can for "high-school" work like filling excel sheet, etc.

2.0
Jun 15, 2010
Recommend
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Pros

Good pay, better than what I made at a previous job Good benefits Plenty of parking On-site cafeteria had good food

Cons

There was no mentoring program Deadlines on projects were extended to midnight, you were expected to stay and work until it got completed Constant, unrelenting pressure to stay billable and not charge to overhead. It didn't matter how many hours you worked in a day, you could only bill 8. Typical large company, decisions made at the top were never really explained to the workers at the bottom.

1.0
Jun 10, 2010

engineers not valued

Anonymous employee
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Pros

I guess in this economy one should be happy to have a job...I would say that would be the only reason why it would be good to work for Black & Veatch...

Cons

Unethical management decisions when it comes to promotion, layoffs, etc. Very hard to get promoted...limited opportunities. Management very poor at sharing information.

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