NBBJ reviews

3.8

63% would recommend to a friend

(273 total reviews)
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Robert Mankin

55% approve of CEO

39% positive business outlook

NBBJ has an employee rating of 3.8 out of 5 stars, based on 273 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The NBBJ employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Construction, Repair & Maintenance Services industry (3.7 stars).

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273 reviews
2.0
Feb 7, 2017

Inhibiting hierarchy and unkind culture

Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

The coffee station is always fully stocked. There are plenty of nice receptions and events with appetizers and beverages. The office headquarters is beautiful. There can be a good work-life balance for most.

Cons

There is an extremely high degree of turnover, which leaves the company in constant disarray and lack of morale. (I saw at least 40/200 people leave the company in my 1.8 years there at the Seattle headquarters). There is a strong negative culture in which co-workers gossip and mistreat one another, as they are made to feel in competition. There is a widespread sense that supervisors are not actually empathetic to the needs or concerns of their employees. Leaders attend expensive week-long internal meetings on yachts and in four-star hotels, while telling employees there is no money for holiday parties or bonuses each year. Leaders are overwhelmingly homogeneous in age, gender and other demographic attributes. Folks with lower titles are discouraged from sharing ideas during meetings, and they are constantly talked-over when they do share them. People who try to improve processes and modes of communication are systematically alienated until they either leave or are let go for not getting with the program.

4.0
Jan 24, 2017

Great Firm!

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Culture, great design. Firm always pushes forward.

Cons

Disorganized, management not strong. Not the best culture.

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