Max Fordham Reviews

3.6

69% would recommend to a friend

(71 total reviews)

Alasdair Reid

86% approve of CEO

46% positive business outlook

Max Fordham has an employee rating of 3.6 out of 5 stars, based on 71 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Max Fordham employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Construction, repair and maintenance industry (3.7 stars).

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71 reviews
4.0
2 Mar 2025

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Pros

Everyone is so hardworking but appreciates a great work life balance. I really enjoy coming into work because it doesn't feel like I'm slaving away. Would Highly recommend if value a good work-life balance.

Cons

There isn't many downsides, the benefits here are great.

3.0
1 Mar 2013
Recommend
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Pros

- The company wins some interesting projects - Transparent structure gives a good sense of what others in the company are up to - Flexible hours mean can organise work around other commitments - Guaranteed overtime (up to a cap).

Cons

- Although in interview was told the flexible arrangements work both ways, have found that eventually it's impossible to ever work less than 40hrs per week to meet project demands. - Sometimes you're made to feel stupid, when you were given something to do that was clearly beyond your current ability - Working on many tasks at once in short time frames which often leads to high levels of stress and mistakes.

1.0
11 Aug 2025
Recommend
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Pros

The people I met in person, were really friendly.

Cons

They offered me the job in October/November 2023, for me to start work in September 2024. A few weeks before the starting date, they send me an email saying that my joining date has been postponed to April 2025. I was shell-shocked and so upset, I didn't eat for 2 days. As we approached the new year, I get another email, this time it said the contract has been terminated. This was something that I predicted and had at the back of my mind already because the company doesn't have a proper structure. The pay is below average. I recahed out to them to give me call to explain this in a bit more detail. They mentioned about financial difficulties. Surely a forecast of your financial state should be done before putting out jobs. My advise to all graduates who have applied or thinking of applying or have received a final offer is to please do not waste time. I have wasted 1 year because of them. So please do not make the same mistake as me. Please carry on applying to other firms. You will get through eventually.

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Max Fordham Response
9mo
Thank you for taking the time to share your feedback. We’re genuinely sorry to hear about your experience. In common with much of the industry, the challenges in the broader economy meant we had to make some tough decisions and reduce the extent of our previously planned growth. Regrettably this also meant we were unable to honour the original offers made to those graduates who were due to start; an unprecedented decision that was deeply felt by us all. Our Managing Partners and directors agreed that compensation should be paid to all those affected, although we do understand that this will never be enough to offset the understandable disappointment. We have now revised our plans to suit the prevailing economic outlook which will allow us to start recruiting graduates once again and helping them to develop into some of the best engineers in the UK, as we have been doing for over 50 years. All the best in your future endeavours and thank you again for your feedback. Kind regards, Charmaine
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