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Failing - avoid!! - Consultant I Atkins Employee Review

1.0
Jul 22, 2017
Recommend
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Pros

Other employees are friendly Working hours are short (general 9-5) Fairly easy to talk to people of different senioritities No overtime/weekend work expected

Cons

-People very friendly but generally fairly unambitious compared to other firms, most of the good people leave within 2 years or so. -There is no process or "way of doing things" it's very much just winging it. You are given no intellectual property to help you so everything is made from scratch. They try to sell this as an opportunity but it isn't. -Line management awful, really unprofessional, based up favouritism and who sucks up the best rather than merit and exit interviews are run by your line management... which makes no sense! -Resourcing pretty much non-existent, if you are unhappy you will not be moved as that is not a priority to the business. -Pay sub-par no matter what your day-rate. All of these factors end up to poor delivery for clients. If you are going to work here make sure you see it for what it is, a stepping stone to your actual career.

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Pros

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Cons

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2.0
Nov 17, 2016
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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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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