Marketing Project Lead - Marketing Project Lead Balfour Beatty Employee Review

1.0
Jul 15, 2015
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Good benefits--although standard for the industry. Training on the West Coast at a ranch in Oregon. Could be a competitor.

Cons

Ahhh, the cons. I can only speak for the Western Region. There is a complete lack of leadership and in my opinion, ethical behavior. The Western Region is made up of two legacy companies. One based in San Diego that did not have a favorable reputation in the A/E/CM Southern California area. The second based in Portland and well known in the Seattle area -- I had never heard of them. Egos abound. Where there is ego and pride there is no leadership. It is a yell and scream mentality as well as protect your position. They have not won any major projects in the Western Region and are not doing as well as they should. The leadership is primarily in their positions because of the acquisition by Balfour Beatty not because they earned it or are qualified. Even when the Western Region Executives are trained -- they are unable to grasp the full meaning. Collaboration and communication is non-existent. They talk about it but do not practice these behaviors. It's very much "I'm important and you are not" mentality. The marketing department is a joke. The leadership in marketing were promoted not based on experience or their record of winning pursuits but because they know how to "suck" up to leadership. It's a negative environment. I'm very happy to be away from Balfour Beatty -- when I think about my 2 years employed by Balfour -- my skin crawls...I wish them the best.

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Cons

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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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