Morale at an ALL time low, Turnover highest ever in last 10 years - Office Personnel Balfour Beatty Employee Review

1.0
Jun 2, 2016
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Employees that you work with on a daily basis are very knowledgable. In the past 10 years, I have seen a lot of growth and change, not all good and not all bad.

Cons

Employees in division functional positions are not valued unless you are of a management level. Those of us not in a management role are not valued at all by supervisors or executive leadership at all. Some of us have been loyal to the company for a while and receive our annual COLA that is suppose to make us happy and unless you are of a management level and know how to pressure the upper management that you will leave unless you receive a better increase you just sit here and smile with your little increase and act like all is good because no one is going to listen to you any way. When you have other leadership positions receiving 5-25% increases if not annually then semi-annually every year for the past 3-4 years. Upper management has no clue of how to work together as a well-oil machine and they do not even value each other so therefore how could they value divisional employees. Since the lay off's of severa C-level officers, this company has gone further and further downhill. The turnover rate is the highest in the last 10 years to support this statement. There is no growth for division people (project employees not only receive nice raises every year but also better bonus'), and when you think officer's have your back they truly just let you down and do not listen to you when you try to discuss with them.

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Pros

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Cons

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1.0
Mar 26, 2026
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Pros

None, save your time and don’t apply

Cons

If you value your sanity, integrity, or basic respect as an employee, stay far away from this company. I was in a management role and was routinely instructed to write up technicians daily—often for unclear or inconsistent reasons. Upper management would tell me one thing behind closed doors (like requiring Saturday work), then completely contradict that in front of employees, making me look incompetent and dishonest. The double standards and manipulation don’t stop there. I was required to work on a day I had scheduled PTO, only to be forced to still use my PTO anyway. That pretty much sums up how little they respect employees’ time or boundaries. Leadership is painfully unprofessional. My direct supervisor avoids accountability entirely—no performance reviews, no feedback, no communication. Instead, they sit silently while someone else (who isn’t even your manager) delivers write-ups. No eye contact, no explanation, no leadership. The most concerning part is how calculated their actions feel. I was written up without valid cause, only to be told the next day that it disqualified me from receiving a retention bonus. Conveniently, this all happened the same month retention bonuses were being paid out. At the same time, I had been directed to write up my entire team. It’s hard not to see a pattern of targeting employees to save the company money. Morale is nonexistent. Trust is nonexistent. This is not just a poorly run company—it’s a toxic environment where employees are set up to fail and leadership operates without transparency or integrity. Avoid at all costs.

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