Balfour Beatty Employee Reviews about "long hours"
Updated 13 Dec 2020
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Approve of CEO
Leo Quinn
280 Ratings
Pros
"Excellent knowledge and experience with good people with good team values" (in 37 reviews)
"Balfour has a really Flexible work environment" (in 36 reviews)
Cons
"long hours and sometimes stressful" (in 40 reviews)
"Upper management is not honest about business performance" (in 29 reviews)
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"great"
- Work/Life Balance★★★★★
- Culture & Values★★★★★
- Diversity & Inclusion★★★★★
- Career Opportunities★★★★★
- Compensation and Benefits★★★★★
- Senior Management★★★★★
RecommendsPositive OutlookApproves of CEOI worked at Balfour Beatty full-time for less than a year
Pros
great salary and good perks
Cons
long hours and sometimes stressful
"Good"
- Work/Life Balance★★★★★
- Culture & Values★★★★★
- Diversity & Inclusion★★★★★
- Career Opportunities★★★★★
- Compensation and Benefits★★★★★
- Senior Management★★★★★
RecommendsPositive OutlookApproves of CEOI have been working at Balfour Beatty full-time
Pros
Big support structure, opportunity, interesting projects
Cons
Big company, can be long hours, sometimes frustrating
"Good"
- Work/Life Balance★★★★★
- Culture & Values★★★★★
- Diversity & Inclusion★★★★★
- Career Opportunities★★★★★
- Compensation and Benefits★★★★★
- Senior Management★★★★★
RecommendsPositive OutlookApproves of CEOI worked at Balfour Beatty full-time for more than 3 years
Pros
Good work atmosphere, paid well
Cons
Big work load, long hours
Continue reading"Good company"
- Work/Life Balance★★★★★
- Culture & Values★★★★★
- Diversity & Inclusion★★★★★
- Career Opportunities★★★★★
- Compensation and Benefits★★★★★
- Senior Management★★★★★
RecommendsPositive OutlookApproves of CEOI have been working at Balfour Beatty full-time for more than 8 years
Pros
Good experience and ability to progress
Cons
Long hours if working overtime
"In general it's ok"
- Work/Life Balance★★★★★
- Culture & Values★★★★★
- Diversity & Inclusion★★★★★
- Career Opportunities★★★★★
- Compensation and Benefits★★★★★
- Senior Management★★★★★
RecommendsPositive OutlookNo Opinion of CEOI have been working at Balfour Beatty full-time
Pros
They are involved in some very good projects
Cons
long hours, difficult to get a pay rise, difficult to get some courses that would potentially help in your career.
Pros
Health perks and long annual leave
Cons
long hours and corporate culture.
Pros
Great projects and development opportunities
Cons
High chance of working away and long hours
Pros
good management can work from home
Cons
Long hours and weekend shifts
"Company review"
- Work/Life Balance★★★★★
- Culture & Values★★★★★
- Career Opportunities★★★★★
- Compensation and Benefits★★★★★
- Senior Management★★★★★
I have been working at Balfour Beatty full-time
Pros
A very energetic and supportive company to work for
Cons
You work for very long hours
"Great Employer"
- Work/Life Balance★★★★★
- Culture & Values★★★★★
- Career Opportunities★★★★★
- Compensation and Benefits★★★★★
- Senior Management★★★★★
RecommendsPositive OutlookApproves of CEOI have been working at Balfour Beatty full-time for more than 3 years
Pros
Graduate Scheme is very informative and take you away to the Lake District to work on team work etc. Push you to achieve your best.
Cons
Long hours and always busy on site.
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