Arup Employee Reviews about "work life balance"
Updated 24 Dec 2020
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Alan Belfield
184 Ratings
Pros
"comfortable working environment" (in 101 reviews)
"Very interesting projects at all levels" (in 97 reviews)
Cons
"long working hours for structure team" (in 89 reviews)
"Only work-life balance need to manage" (in 58 reviews)
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Reviews about "work life balance"
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"Good place to work"
- Work/Life Balance★★★★★
- Culture & Values★★★★★
- Diversity & Inclusion★★★★★
- Career Opportunities★★★★★
- Compensation and Benefits★★★★★
- Senior Management★★★★★
I have been working at Arup full-time for more than 3 years
Pros
Very Good working culture, with a good work life balance
Cons
Being an engineering firm, some of the forward thinking can be conservative
Pros
1. Great work/life balance; 2. Excellent learning opportunities due to projects in different parts of the work.
Cons
1. Low salary; 2. Constant change in team structure during my time at Arup.
"Decent"
- Work/Life Balance★★★★★
- Culture & Values★★★★★
- Career Opportunities★★★★★
- Compensation and Benefits★★★★★
- Senior Management★★★★★
Doesn't RecommendNeutral OutlookI worked at Arup full-time for more than 3 years
Pros
training, investment, projects, experience, people
Cons
work life balance, salary, old school management
Continue reading"Working life"
- Work/Life Balance★★★★★
- Culture & Values★★★★★
- Diversity & Inclusion★★★★★
- Career Opportunities★★★★★
- Compensation and Benefits★★★★★
- Senior Management★★★★★
RecommendsPositive OutlookApproves of CEOI have been working at Arup full-time for more than 3 years
Pros
Interesting projects, kind people, flexible, good work life balance.
Cons
Promotions and pay rise procedure not flexible enough to reward hard work and delivering on projects.
"People focused company"
- Work/Life Balance★★★★★
- Culture & Values★★★★★
- Diversity & Inclusion★★★★★
- Career Opportunities★★★★★
- Compensation and Benefits★★★★★
- Senior Management★★★★★
RecommendsPositive OutlookNo Opinion of CEOI have been working at Arup full-time for more than a year
Pros
Profit shares, people focused, investment into a persons development, good work life balance
Cons
Low salary, the review is once a year, grade system does not work
Continue reading"Horrendous hours"
- Work/Life Balance★★★★★
- Culture & Values★★★★★
- Career Opportunities★★★★★
- Compensation and Benefits★★★★★
- Senior Management★★★★★
Doesn't RecommendNeutral OutlookNo Opinion of CEOI worked at Arup full-time for more than a year
Pros
Nice colleagues (minus directors). Good experience for your CV
Cons
Long hours. Crazy directors. No work life balance
Continue reading"internship"
- Work/Life Balance★★★★★
- Culture & Values★★★★★
- Career Opportunities★★★★★
- Compensation and Benefits★★★★★
- Senior Management★★★★★
I worked at Arup for less than a year
Pros
great work life balance, opportunity to be on different projects and things that you are actually interested in
Cons
no downsides, throughly enjoyed it
Pros
Great work life balance and suport
Cons
Staff is too large and sometime it feels like you are just a number
Pros
Interesting projects and knowledgable people
Cons
Sometimes poor work life balance
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"Office politics based. Promotions not based on technical excellence."
- Work/Life Balance★★★★★
- Culture & Values★★★★★
- Career Opportunities★★★★★
- Compensation and Benefits★★★★★
- Senior Management★★★★★
Doesn't RecommendI have been working at Arup full-time
Pros
good work life balance overall
Cons
Play the office politics to be promoted
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