"Sadly this office seems to be going downhill” - Structural Engineer Buro Happold Employee Review

2.0
Nov 11, 2017
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

- Great Projects - Amazing individuals - Flexible hours - Social events (in house)

Cons

- Lack of leadership - Lack of motivation from senior level - Lack of technical skills from most of the job leaders (pure managers) - Lack of knowledge sharing - Poor resource management - Office work strategy to be reviewed - Sadly this office seems to be going downhill

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Buro Happold Response
8y
Hi, thank you for your comments and your appreciation of the positive internal work environments that we provide to our employees. We are constantly striving to enhance our technical training programmes and have also overhauled the career progression process. We have also implemented varying means of communication to share knowledge, business updates and best practice, including; Yammer, Global all Calls, a CEO channel and Regional Newsletters. We appreciate your feedback.

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Pros

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Buro Happold Response
3w
Thank you for sharing your feedback. We’re really pleased to hear you value our flexible working and the diversity of our people. We take all comments seriously. Your feedback is hugely valuable, thank you so much for taking the time to leave a review.
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