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Cronyism & Lack of Diversity - Anonymous employee Atkins Employee Review

1.0
Aug 7, 2020
Anonymous employee
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Pros

Variety of Projects, office location

Cons

There is no clear procedures on how employees get promoted in the organisation. Guidelines are very vague and left to interpretation, which allows a close and powerful group of people in senior management to promote like minded individuals, with no place for diversity. Lack of diversity and inclusion in senior management level (corporate or delivery) is a major issue, and has come up as one of the major areas that where the company needs to improve in a recent survey. Unconscious, and sometimes conscious bias is rife in decision making process in deciding who gets to work on projects or gets promoted. Power is concentrated with a handful of individuals, who often are out of their depths in managing people or projects. Focus is only towards bringing in the money from clients, no matter what. Work life balance is talked about but you are expected to work very long hours.

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Cons

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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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