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Mark Cowlard
20 Ratings
Pros
"Amazing projects to work on special focus on work life balance" (in 73 reviews)
"Flexible works hours and ability to work from home when needed" (in 30 reviews)
Cons
"Work life balance can become demanding with project deadlines" (in 33 reviews)
"Senior management could visit regional offices more frequently" (in 28 reviews)
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"Great Company!"
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RecommendsPositive OutlookApproves of CEOI have been working at Arcadis full-time (Less than a year)
Pros
Flexibility (home working)
Rewards
Great Well being Culture
Good communication strategies
Great peopleCons
Nothing specific at the moment to report
Advice to Management
Don't give up on the Arcadis Way strategy.... we will get there!
Arcadis 2018-06-20 04:29 PDT ![Arcadis Logo]()
"Industrial placement engineer"
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RecommendsPositive OutlookApproves of CEOI worked at Arcadis full-time (More than a year)
Pros
Great team, good benefits, interesting work.
Cons
No cons from what I remember
Arcadis 2019-03-16 09:17 PDTHelpful (1)
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"Talks the talk"
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Doesn't RecommendNegative OutlookApproves of CEOI worked at Arcadis full-time (More than 8 years)
Pros
Good offices. Some good people there.
Cons
Promotion is often based on self promotion with no acknowledgement of ability to do the job. This has to be a risk to their success in the long term.
Advice to Management
Look more at ability and treat more experienced staff better. I recognise that folks under 35 are the future, but should not be to the detriment of others.
Arcadis 2019-04-07 07:33 PDT![Arcadis Logo]()
"Good environment but low progression and incompetent staff"
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Doesn't RecommendNegative OutlookNo opinion of CEOI have been working at Arcadis full-time (More than a year)
Pros
Good working environment, flexible working (e.g. working from home), nice atmosphere (bonding events).
Cons
Unfortunately very incompetent people (technically speaking), misplaced people (principal engineers with no qualifications and technical or managerial abilities incapable to do their job and lower level engineers do the job at the end) which leads to a confusion for lower staff, bad quality of deliverables and out of budget. Also, due to skills shortage leadership discourages people from getting qualified ( and do not reward staff getting qualified). Major politics to get a way through and progress (no progression based on PDR processes-PDR exists only as an intranet tab). Not a good choice for young engineers / professionals keen on learning, but good option for people at the end of their career. Very low pay rises and only once per year.
Advice to Management
Please review competencies of your people, especially those in senior levels. Take care of your people and reward them when they progress or you lose them. Also educate line managers, a senior/principal engineer cannot necessarily be a line manager just because he/she is a senior/principal.
Arcadis 2019-03-21 22:24 PDTHelpful (1)
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"Flexible working, great work environment but low salary"
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RecommendsNeutral OutlookApproves of CEOI have been working at Arcadis full-time (More than a year)
Pros
Flexible and remote working. Good benefits package. Opportunity for bonus. High level of engagement amongst staff.
Cons
Very high workload without paid overtime. Low salary and basic salary increases once-per-year. Very low bonus. Enormous company so you tend to feel lost in terms of progression and professional development.
Very limited opportunity to work amongst sectors leading to a lack of VITAL experience for APC candidates; this can lead to stunted progression and low pay as you will often be told you cannot progress to next career level without appropriate chartership or technical qualifications.Advice to Management
Keep up the level of engagement amongst staff at this is very beneficial to everyones morale and work ethic. Understand that after a while verbal praise becomes worthless if it is not backed up by appropriate rewards or pay increases. Remove the red tape allowing employees to be temporary placed within different sectors to ensure they receive the appropriate experience in order to charter.
Arcadis 2019-03-01 04:33 PST![Arcadis Logo]()
"Civil Engineer"
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RecommendsI have been working at Arcadis full-time (More than 3 years)
Pros
Work life balance, flexibility, varied range of projects
Cons
the experience can be very different in being different teams
Advice to Management
Try to push the ideas to the middle management and Buisness directors from the leadership as there is quite a bit of disconnect in the values and behavious
Arcadis 2019-02-22 05:30 PST![Arcadis Logo]()
"Lovely place to work"
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RecommendsPositive OutlookApproves of CEOI have been working at Arcadis full-time (More than a year)
Pros
Flexible working hours - ability to work from home when needed.
Encourage charity days - strong support on mental health and associates charities.
Good support and encouragement with career progression.
Sociable friendly place to work.
Good communication and collaboration across all UK offices - has a real sense of a strong working community.Cons
No noteworthy cons to report, on the most part arcadis is a great company to work for.
Arcadis 2019-02-06 00:28 PST![Arcadis Logo]()
"Good Firm"
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RecommendsPositive OutlookI have been working at Arcadis full-time (More than a year)
Pros
Great company to work for. Good Team and management
Cons
Work flexibility not great
Arcadis 2019-01-23 06:38 PST![Arcadis Logo]()
"Great company to work for"
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RecommendsPositive OutlookApproves of CEOI have been working at Arcadis full-time (More than 10 years)
Pros
flexible working, paid leave and good pension benefits
Cons
comps and bens not as competitive as other companies.
Arcadis 2019-01-07 02:57 PST![Arcadis Logo]()
"Best company I have worked for"
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RecommendsPositive OutlookApproves of CEOI have been working at Arcadis full-time (More than a year)
Pros
Diversity of project work
Opportunity to work on exciting, high profile projects
Talented, dedicated and friendly colleagues
Fantastic company culture (e.g. flexible/agile working, ability to WFH) and benefits
Company takes employee wellbeing much more seriously than other places I have workedCons
Perhaps more challenging to progress through senior grades compared to competitors
Arcadis 2018-12-17 05:13 PST
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27 Feb 2019 – Talent Acquisition Marketing Executive
Thank you for leaving such a positive review - it really is appreciated.