Gender equality isn't their strong point - Mechanical Engineer GHD Employee Review

1.0
14 Jan 2026
Recommend
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Pros

If you're male, or an extremely high achieving female, it's great.

Cons

This company claims to have equal pay for men and women based on "pay brackets" They do this by comparing the men and women within the same pay bracket and making sure this is an even spread. The issue this creates is that, to move a female up to the next pay bracket - they will start at the bottom of the bracket and skew the numbers (The skew occurs because there are far more men than women in the company so one female has a much higher weighting than one male). So as a result, women will end up getting paid "higher than the average" in one pay bracket and never get promoted. All this just so that their numbers look good while making it much harder for women to actually progress. They also make people redundant a lot, whenever it suits them.

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5.0
28 May 2026
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Pros

Evolving with the times to best serve client needs. Investing in employee learning. Attracting high caliber talent.

Cons

Change can feel disruptive for some, but GHD is on a disciplined journey.

4.0
19 June 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Great starting point as an internship, gives you good experience to the professional and consulting world, pay for an engineering intern is satisfactory. Values of the company and support from coworkers is appreciated. Seems to be a psychologically safe place to work and make mistakes. No noticeable workplace toxicity or politics. Everyone seems to be authentic and chill. Not noticing anyone keeping their heads down and received reports of satisfaction with work environment from coworkers. Exposure to a variety of projects, including field work experiences. Seems to be a solid resume builder.

Cons

Need to be pretty proactive for work. For me who enjoys having work to do, its kind of stressful. You have to take initiative in making your own plan. For someone who thrives in structure and needs a bit of help in planning, this is a struggle. Limited flexibility in doing a hybrid role (even though job description stated it was when I applied) For someone who is 42 mi from the office and with heavy traffic takes 1h 15 min to reach the office, its a struggle. But I understood that my commute time is longer than average when I took the position.

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