Great if you're a male engineer - terrible if you're anything else - Anonymous employee Buro Happold Employee Review

2.0
Sep 15, 2018
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Lots of young, good engineers who know their subject matter. Good lines of communication with senior staff, including partnership - even interns and partners talk comfortably. Good reputation in the industry. Central location - just off Oxford Street. Good culture if you're a young engineer, including very active Young Engineers Forum and lots of lunch time seminars etc. POETS day - each last Friday of the month, all staff finish at 3pm.

Cons

Company doesn't understand how to foster talent in the supporting services - finance, IT etc. Lose people all the time. Lack of understanding by engineers about what other people do - results in people being asked to do things outside of their remit constantly. Lots of cliché sexism, including young females being asked to do administrative tasks when it's not their role. Partnership has a lot of 'old boys' that are culturally stuck in another century.

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Buro Happold Response
7y
Hello and thank you for leaving us a review, we welcome you’re feedback which is really valuable. BuroHappold as an organisation values diversity and an inclusive working environment. We appreciate hearing about people’s experiences as this makes us aware of where necessary improvements are needed. We’re sorry that you felt you were asked to do tasks that didn’t fall within your remit, we encourage our employees to raise any concerns with their managers or HR if preferred, so the situation can be resolved. We regularly review our managers tool-kits and will take your feedback on board.

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Buro Happold Response
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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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