Arcadis Employee Reviews

Good place to work, supportive colleagues. Career progression can be dependent on projects you have the opportunity to get involved with and who your line manager is.

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Great place to work

Senior Project Manager (Current Employee) - Manchester, Greater Manchester - 4 December 2023

Great company with good values of fairness and inclusion. You are more than just a number here with a god culture and inclusive management. The company prides itself on valuing its employees and i do below this shows

Pros

Culture, pathway to development, diversity of projects

Cons

pay slightly below market

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Great place to work

Resourcing (Current Employee) - National - 29 November 2023

Great place to work. Very good ethos and supportive management. Excellent stakeholders to work with. Genuine care of employees and upskilling/training opps.

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People First Employer

Quantity Surveyor (Current Employee) - United Kingdom - 17 November 2023

ARCADIS is a great people first company that encourages growth and has many opportunities worldwide you can apply for. It is a young and vibrant work place with a focus on sustainability.

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Supportive employer but high workload

Director (Current Employee) - Leeds, West Yorkshire - 1 November 2023

I enjoy working at Arcadis, plenty of opportunities to develop and a good culture in the areas of the business I have worked in. Highl workload, typical of consultancies.

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Insights into Arcadis

Based on 17 survey responses

What people like

General feeling of work happiness
Feeling of personal appreciation
Inclusive work environment

Areas for improvement

Support from manager

Great place

Director (Current Employee) - United kingdom - 22 August 2023

Great compact to work for, work life balance for is great. Leadership is supportive and they value their employees. Very focused on growth and creating innovative client solutions.

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Fun productive place

Consultant (Former Employee) - London, Greater London - 27 July 2023

Good learning opportunities and collaborative culture. Easy to second to other countries and work life balance is good. People are passionate about work

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Good organisation

Function Staff (Current Employee) - Exeter, Devon - 30 June 2023

Ok company no major issues, pay fair but on low side.Flex working for some departments, limited progression.Nice people and warm culture generally, supportive of environmental issues.

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Good work life balance. Diverse culture

Senior Cost Manager (Current Employee) - London, Greater London - 29 June 2023

Love working here. Get to work remotely as much as I like. Immediate management is very supportive. Cons are that it is a large slow organisation and you can be just a number

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Never recommend this consultancy

Consultant (Former Employee) - Greater London - 14 June 2023

Sold a dream and left a fantastic job to be developed and promoted. Been here 6 months and they play politics. Stating the work was fab and then behind my back soft balling and constantly emailing complaining. Lack of support. Ruined my health and wellbeing.

Pros

Nothing

Cons

EVERY ONE for their own

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Amazing company

Senior Engineer (Former Employee) - London, Greater London - 17 May 2023

Great people, some of the best projects in the UK. Very friendly place, where I have made friends for life. Good work life balance. Some very smart people to learn from.Totally recommend it

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Great place

Principal Management Consultant (Current Employee) - Guildford - 22 December 2022

A company that lives its values and values its people. An emphasis on sustainabilty and making the buitt and natural environments better whilst transformig attitudes and culture of clients

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Great professional company

Senior Geotechnical Engineer (Current Employee) - Birmingham, West Midlands - 22 September 2022

The company is very professional and management is great within the geotechnical team. Work culture is very good and colleagues are helpful and friendly.

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Don’t work there.

Engineer (Current Employee) - London - 5 June 2022

Awful place to work. No privet life . Unpaid overtime . No promotion . Not a proper pay rise . Crazy place to work . No support from the managers . Avoid it .

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Wished my experience had been able to last longer

Assistant Project Officer (Former Employee) - Stoke-on-Trent - 29 September 2021

Thoroughly enjoyed my work experience at Arcadis a really good company to work for, just a pity that the contract ended. The company set clear guidelines but there was ultimate trust given to me to meet the objectives

Pros

Good work/lifestyle balance

Cons

Manager was remote from contract

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Variety of projects but too much focus on utilisation

Senior Project Manager (Consultant) (Former Employee) - UK - 14 September 2021

A business stuck in the past on every level. Neverending IT issues. Death by bureaucracy, diversity issues (to be fair they are trying to address), cynicism and discrimination is the norm. Low salary, no decent bonuses.Inadequate leadership, out of touch, high turnover, patchy handovers. Contrived presentation, what you see is not what you get.

Pros

Pension

Cons

Low work ethic, absence of team spirit. Favouritism

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Enjoyed every minute

Appointed Person / Site Supervisor (Former Employee) - London, Greater London - 15 June 2021

Amazing people and amazing support. There is always help whenever needed. A great work ethic with all emphasis on taking care of their own. I would never leave given half the chance.

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Location dependent

Consultant (Former Employee) - London North, Greater London - 8 June 2021

If you are lucky enough to work in a regional office then life at Arcadis can be rewarding. However the London office is a completely different experience. Highly competitive and run by Directors and Partners who play by their own rules and ignore Arcadis principles. It’s essentially a body shop regime based on a 95% fee earning utilisation rate to ensure the senior staff receive their bonus. Don’t expect to be given assignments that match your skill set. You also need to check your contract of employment because if it states that their policies are non-contractual then they can easily fire you if your face doesn’t fit.

Pros

None

Cons

Fee earning body shop

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Nice place to work

Senior Planning Consultant (Current Employee) - Manchester - 19 March 2021

I have really enjoyed working for Arcadis over the past year and half. With nice colleagues , great company's culture , interesting / challenging projects.

Pros

Nice colleagues and company

Cons

Long hours

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Collaborative Working Environment

Senior Engineer (Current Employee) - Warrington, Cheshire - 17 March 2021

The workplace is people focussed and despite its size is very collaborative. There are lots of initiatives to train inexperienced members of staff in the running of Arcadis including the Roots of Arcadis and BaseCamp initiatives.

Pros

Intersting schemes. Great learning environment. Social events.

Cons

Slow recruitment

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Document Controller (Former Employee) - Birmingham, West Midlands - 10 September 2020

Ability to provide support to a wider audience and to increment my skill set. Learnt how to use a new software application that had been rolled out and cascaded it to team members via a video link presentation.