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Buro Happold

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Buro Happold reviews

4.0

77% would recommend to a friend

(695 total reviews)
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Oliver Plunkett

97% approve of CEO

66% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

4.2

Diversity & inclusion

4.0

Culture & values

3.9

Career opportunities

3.7

Work/Life balance

3.6

Senior management

3.6

Compensation and benefits

Buro Happold has an employee rating of 4.0 out of 5 stars, based on 695 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Buro Happold employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Management & Consulting industry (3.7 stars).

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Reviews by job title

695 reviews
1.0
Jun 25, 2022

Bad company

Associate
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CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Can be interesting and varied projects. Smart people. Good opportunities to grow from being thrown in the deep end in a “free flowing” environment.

Cons

A fundamentally dysfunctional organisation (at least on the “cities” side). Disorganised and chaotic environment. Toxic politics at senior level makes working here unpleasant and limits potential of organisation. Management is full of ‘lifers’ with limited vision and perspective on the wider industry. Much of the work is on soul destroying Saudi mega projects and while firm is trying to diversify these efforts are doomed because of aforementioned problems. Senior management behave dishonestly and lie to staff. Organisation doesn’t really care staff retention or development. Many employees get fed up and leave after a few years.

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Buro Happold Response
4y
Hello Thank you for your review, I have fed your comments back to the business. We appreciate you taking the time to share your thoughts and would welcome a further discussion (in confidence) if you feel able. There are a number of points that would be good to know more about and hope you were able to feed these into our recent pulse survey which is a great opportunity to get your thoughts heard. Your feedback is really helpful, I'm sorry it wasn't more positive on this occasion but please be assured we are listening. Many Thanks Lucy
2.0
Feb 23, 2022

Management is very poor.

Graduate structural engineer
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Projects are good for getting experience.

Cons

No work life balance (11 hours+ everyday). Salary is below market standards. Upper management isnt supportive. No compensation for working overtime and on weekends.

3.0
Sep 15, 2018

Great if you’re in the club

Mep
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Good projects and reputation. Great social life if you’re in the “club”. Some great people and fairly non-corporate culture

Cons

Lowest salary in the industry, very poor/non existent training. Very little diversity, with lots of “old white men” in charge of the “club”. Workplace bullying from senior management affects the culture negatively. Lots of talk about encouraging more women to join the company, but lad-ish culture means there is very little keeping them there. Huge focus on maximising profit and working to tough deadlines, but salary and bonus have nothing to do with individual performance and are not decided by your line manager. Yearly performance review system is not fit for purpose. High turnover of staff. Lots of team social events based around drinking makes it tough for people who abstain.

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Buro Happold Response
7y
Hi there, thank you for leaving us a review, we welcome you’re feedback which is really valuable. BuroHappold as an organisation values diversity and an inclusive working environment. We appreciate hearing about people’s experiences as this makes us aware of where necessary improvements are needed. We’re sorry you feel that way, we have a 0 tolerance policy on bullying within the organisation and always encourage and support employees to utilise the relevant policies in place to managing such claims. You raise a valid point about team events needing to be accessible for all, we believe it’s important to create and build a culture where people can be themselves. Thanks again for taking the time to provide feedback, it allows us to assess the effectiveness of our I & D programme.
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