Pretty awful - Senior Lighting Engineer Arup Employee Review

1.0
May 30, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Networking with other offices intranet resources are useful

Cons

Highly political and toxic culture throughout Arup but especially in this team. You are constantly in timesheet hell and blamed for having an empty timesheet. No accountability from leadership that they are responsible for not winning any work. They don’t have the skills, poor bid quality etc. Socio economic diversity is the elephant in the room. Bullying and bullying behaviour is very common in this company, especially from the top down. Junior get blamed when things go wrong on projects. People who are supposed to be providing support will outlie lie to cover themselves and pass some blame down the chain. I sense a culture of fear at the higher levels in this company. Sexist and incompetent management who are not highly thought of throughout Arup. High turnover of staff at all levels due to toxic management in this team The culture at Arup is very strange. It’s full of people who have never worked anywhere else and it shows in their mindset. They think Arup is better than other places, its not. The plentiful ego isn’t justified but they don’t know this as they have no perspective.

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5.0
Apr 30, 2026
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Pros

Working at Arup was a great experience, surrounded by smart, motivated, and mission-driven peers.

Cons

This may have since improved, but at least previously, the America's region felt rather second-class compared to UK. Most/all senior leadership, even in the US, was British.

3.0
Jun 11, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Great company with lots of good benefits, interesting large scale projects, and a fantastic team of people to work with.

Cons

Be prepared to work long hours, overnights and weekends at times. At the end of the day, it is a consulting firm so the clients needs will always come first over employee health and wellbeing.

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