Great project leadership and focus on clients , but lacking coherent corporate strategy - Anonymous employee Costain Employee Review

2.0
Jun 15, 2026
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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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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2.0
Aug 26, 2025
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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.
5.0
Jun 30, 2026
Anonymous employee
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Pros

Treating employees as your greatest asset by prioritizing their career growth, work-life balance and overall wellbeing

Cons

Career progression could be slow

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