Untrustworthy and self-serving - Anonymous employee Costain Employee Review

1.0
19 Apr 2016
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

There are lots of good people to work with, especially amongst the 'troops'. Management however are a complete waste of time...

Cons

Management that say one thing then do another. Goals that move mid-flight. Lack of resources to do anything and senior people who are only interested in their own 'status' and empire building.

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2.0
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Pros

fantastic London office and incredible coffee machine

Cons

The company is disorganized. No one in the GIS team except a contractor knew SQL. Everyone on the team was severely underpaid.

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Costain Response
8mo
Thank you for taking the time to write a review, we can see that you were with us for a long time. Whilst Costain recognise that pay is important and following the completion of a recent reward benchmarking project, we would hope to reflect more accurate market rates for roles. We are also currently undertaking a career path framework project which will offer all employees the ability to be recognised for their full potential.
2.0
15 June 2026
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Pros

Great working in projects, well managed and supported teams

Cons

Corporate functions are without strategy and with poor leadership

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