WS Atkins Reviews

Current Employee – been working at WS Atkins full-time for more than a year

Pros – Good work-life balance. Good opportunities and well looked after by management.

Cons – Not much. Maybe the IT could be slicker, but still good.

Advice to Senior Management – Continue to focus on personal development as well as bringing in new business.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Former Employee – worked at WS Atkins full-time for less than a year

Pros – Mostly an extremely clever and talented bunch

Cons – Some of the worst management ever. Full of pre-existing cliques. Back-stabbing ethos.

Advice to Senior Management – Consider the talent level of some of your senior managers/directors. Go on, take a step back and look at them. Some are way beyond their abilities.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at WS Atkins full-time for more than 7 years

Pros – The best company that I work for. The Site Operation Management is great, and there is a room for career advancement within the organization.

Cons – slow in giving the site staff salary increment

Advice to Senior Management – Management is to look into the salary range per category/Discipline within the region and adjust accordingly

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Former Employee – worked at WS Atkins full-time for more than 10 years

Pros – Being part of a valued company that promotes growth in the engineering, architecture, and consulting (AEC) industries. Opportunity for advancement and involvement in the community. Great administrative support team (HR, IT, Acctg/Finance, Legal)

Cons – The environment is a bit shaky since Atkins acquired PBS&J in 2010-- There have been several executive leadership changes in the last 2 years. Divisions are highly accountable to meet budget numbers given the economic conditions. However, it still retains a strong presence in the AEC industry and provides achievable challenges.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at WS Atkins full-time for less than a year

Pros – Many smart people, good place to learn from people with a lot of technical knowledge

Cons – Too much micromanagement from leadership, poor salary for lower level employees

Advice to Senior Management – Let junior staff take on more responsibility

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Former Employee – worked at WS Atkins full-time for more than a year

Pros – world class enginnering with challenging projects

Cons – average pay and possibly long hours

Advice to Senior Management – to implement a more proactive performance related pay

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Former Employee – worked at WS Atkins

Pros – Nice people, good management of people. Good opportunities if you chase them. Good reputation with clients and other competitors.

Cons – Limited opportunities to move between departments due to their nature as separate business units. Different departments can be very different so reviews will not always be applicable.

Former Employee – worked at WS Atkins full-time for more than 3 years

Pros – Good place to learn, work-life balance.

Cons – Varied project nature, missing overall project exposure..

Current Employee – been working at WS Atkins full-time for more than 7 years

Pros – Great company with lots of benefits.

Cons – Some times feel quite small in such a large company.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Current Employee – been working at WS Atkins full-time for more than a year

Pros – work is fixed no hassle

Cons – growth rate is zero no recognition for the work done

Advice to Senior Management – they should come with good survey which gives thought of the people

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend