Great work-life balance & opportunities, common large company drawbacks. - Mechanical Engineer GHD Employee Review

4.0
9 Nov 2011
Recommend
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Pros

- Privately held, so they are willing to spend money on making the company great, not just keeping the share price up. - Excellent work-life balance, supported from top management down. "You work to live, not live to work". Working long hours is not the norm. For those who highly value their spouse and kids, this is a great place to work. - Good opportunities for relocation or secondment all over the world. You can "move around" a lot without actually changing companies. - There are many senior technical experts who are great to learn from. - A good culture of knowledge sharing and helping out people from other groups. - A great variety of work.

Cons

- Pay seems on the lower side. The real way to earn money here seems to be as a shareholder. - Internal systems are inefficient and make your job harder (although this seems to be the case for all large companies) - Suggestions for improvement often don't go anywhere (probably another large company thing) - Large experience gap between graduates and senior experts (seems common in a consulting firm though)

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5.0
28 May 2026
Recommend
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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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