Run away. You’re a slave once you work here - Assistant Project Manager Balfour Beatty Employee Review

1.0
Oct 25, 2018
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Seemingly more intelligent crop them some of the standard construction companies

Cons

If you want to have friends, family, or any life at all outside of work, DO NOT WORK HERE. More than any company I’ve worked for, this company does NOT care about its employees and you are nothing to them except a way to make a profit. This means they will work you to the bone to get the most out of you as possible, including “weekend work”. I wish I had asked about hours before I was hired so I would have negotiated my salary, but I honestly didn’t think about it- construction hours are pretty standard from company to company. Most companies you work 7:30-4:30, and pull some late days one or two days of the week, and you get off closer to lunch on fridays. Not here... When I was hired I made the same salary as at my old job, but I work 35% more. Your mandatory hours daily Monday-Friday are 7:30am (but you get looked down upon if you don’t come in closer to 7) and leaving at 6:30. Those are 11 hour days. You have a 30 minute lunch break. Also you have to come in for half a day one Saturday of the month. So I’m basically making 40% less than I was at my previous job where I was working 40 hours a week. The job is totally understaffed so there’s a TON of work to do. They don’t want to hire anyone else for a massive project which should have at least 3 more people involved in the planning because they want to save money. It’s no wonder everyone quits. I’m already looking for a way out.

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Cons

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1.0
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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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