Wretched - Project Assistant AECOM Employee Review

1.0
15 Dec 2017
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Good people. Made some lasting friendships.

Cons

Where to start... This is a company following the stereotypical model for destroying a corporation. Overpay a few CPAs to inflate their resumes and the stock price by nickel-and-diming everything into the ground. Outsource critical functions to India and turn a deaf ear to all the employees who hate you for it because nothing works and it's actually embarrassing to watch you screw over the vendors and subs who have unwisely relied upon AECOM ethical standards regarding payment for their products and work. The benefits are great if you're so young you don't know any better and you don't mind being treated like a child, submitting to insulting telephonic coaching and onerous web-based bs just to qualify for discounts that make your premiums only slightly less unaffordable. The disingenuous back-patting from senior management will challenge your gag reflex, as will all the four- and five-star reviews the company continues to plant on Glassdoor. How this company managed to be named a "Most Admired" is beyond me. The best thing I ever did was leave.

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