mid level architect - Architect AECOM Employee Review

2.0
Jan 15, 2017
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Easy access to other disciplines (Interiors, Structural, MEP are all on the same floor; landscape is just a couple of floors down). Flexibility to work from home on occasion. Great location (next to Clarendon metro). Seems like office is starting to address some employee concerns (though in a rather ham-fisted manner) Compensation is o.k.. People at the corporate level must be enjoying their jobs or have a different outlook.

Cons

Very few senior staff and almost no younger staff members (1 to five years out of a degree). (Continues to losing senior/mentoring staff; current management isn't concerned with mentoring current staff. New leadership isn't concerned with employee satisfaction. Office has become the ugly twin sister of the DC Office (formerly URS). Office doesn't have the ability to make models in house. No cultural identity to speak of. I haven't seen anyone get promoted in 5 years. Very stingy rewards culture (bonuses are practically non-existent) Doesn't do much design. Bureaucracy make people feel like insignificant cogs. Compensation is o.k.... corporate keeps finding ways to reduce the value of our benefits without entirely removing them... I have gotten 3% raises for the last 3 years and my actual take home has dropped by 1%.

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