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Thought it was better than it was - Anonymous employee Atkins Employee Review

2.0
Jun 9, 2016
Anonymous employee
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Pros

Friendly colleagues at non management level Interesting work when it was available

Cons

Not enough responsibility given to grads and assistant engineers to allow them to progress in their career. Made redundant on a short sighted decision based on the quickest way they could cut people when the first month of the year had poor results. Atkins claim to be easy to move through and try different departments, but I was trying for a secondment for the full 4 years I worked there and it was only in the last year when my sector was in trouble that I was able to secure one. The redeployment efforts during my consultancy period was a joke. I was never utilised to my full potential despite trying to chase work constantly.

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2.0
Nov 17, 2016
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Pros

Job and a paycheck but in a house of cards.

Cons

Wow, be careful! Atkins North America was acquired when Atkins in London bought a notorious US engineering based in Florida, PBS&J (Post, Buckley, Shuh and Jernigan). I didn't do enough research when hired and found out too late I was working for a company that has been prosecuted multiple times for serious illegalities, and some of the executives who participated but escaped prosecution are still there! PBS&J has been indicted for bribing government officials, illegal campaign contributions, and was a private company put on the chopping blocks to sell for being so poorly managed when several of the employees embezzled millions upon millions of dollars. As recent as 2016 the company was struggling financially because of legal costs and fines to the extent the focus became finishing out existing contracts rather than procuring new ones...an indicator they do not want new business and are likely to chop off the US engineering wing and spin those employees out to another company. Do your research before accepting a job there, the good old boy network that didn't previously get caught or prosecuted in the illegalities is still working there, and they haven't changed much in being secretive about what they are doing!! Get everything in writing as they are all about the bait and switch.

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