Downer Reviews

Pros

They will readily employ entry-level engineers and granted many learning experiences.

Cons

They were horribly understaffed, having no choice but to throw new employees into the deep end with minimal training. Staff morale was lower than I have seen in any other workplace due to a history of mistreatment and lack of respect from middle-management. And that's not even to mention the fact that many staff contracts were brought to light due to their suspicious nature of underpaying staff. The "safety-first" aspect of the job was highly pretentious. There was no shortage of signage and safety inductions, which were blatantly ignored with various activities which placed employees in high-risk scenarios on a near-daily basis (being elevated without a harness, breathing silica dust without the provision of an effective mask, overly-strenuous manual labour, etc.) I would not recommend working for the Downer branch in Victoria.

Pros

Remuneration is close to what is on offer at other companies for similar position.

Cons

They do not care about the staff, you will feel like just another number.

Pros

cant think of anything good

Cons

Poor leadership/ management style Poor training for new joiners - must self learn no appreciation not thankful for the job provided dont care about their employees at all! there is no job security Don't support diversity biased management and politics Salary packages are unrealistic

Pros

Large organisation - potential to move around in the company

Cons

Severe lack of communication between workers and higher management No focus on staff retention