Does CallisonRTKL pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, CallisonRTKL employees rate their compensation and benefits as 3.5 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at CallisonRTKL . This rating has been stable over the past 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at CallisonRTKL ?

58% of CallisonRTKL employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated CallisonRTKL 3.5 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.6 for culture and values and 3.4 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at CallisonRTKL ?

Designer (69) , Senior Designer (40) , Associate (37) , Architectural Designer (18) , Architect (17) , Senior Associate (11) , Interior Designer (10) , Intern (7) , Internship (7) , Associate Principal (6) , Architectural Intern (4) , Intern - Hourly (4) , Principal (4) , Project Accountant (4) , Senior Architect (4)

What are the pros of working at CallisonRTKL according to real employee reviews?

"Able to work on various types of projects for famous brands and have great people to work with." ((in 45 reviews)); "Good benefits and over all nice people" ((in 21 reviews)); "Good work/life balance" ((in 16 reviews)); "An office team with excellent skills and knowledge, and great teams that are easy to work with." ((in 13 reviews)); "Office culture is good and is getting better." ((in 13 reviews))

What are the cons of working at CallisonRTKL according to real employee reviews?

"The new management are poor communicators (lots of words saying very little)." ((in 18 reviews)); "Virtually no women in architecture/design senior leadership and management roles." ((in 16 reviews)); "And low salary." ((in 14 reviews)); "pay is low" ((in 9 reviews)); "no bonuses/ travel help/ medical/ dental for below senior staff." ((in 7 reviews))

What are employees saying about CallisonRTKL redundancies in 2026?

Explore Glassdoor’s employee reviews to understand what current and former employees are saying about CallisonRTKL redundancy and their outlook for job security at CallisonRTKL in 2026.

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CallisonRTKL

Part of Arcadis

CallisonRTKL Reviews

3.4

58% would recommend to a friend

(397 total reviews)

Kim Heartwell

72% approve of CEO

40% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

3.7

Diversity and inclusion

3.6

Culture and values

3.5

Work/Life balance

3.5

Compensation and benefits

3.4

Career opportunities

2.9

Senior management

CallisonRTKL has an employee rating of 3.4 out of 5 stars, based on 397 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The CallisonRTKL employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Construction, repair and maintenance industry (3.7 stars).

Reviews by job title

397 reviews

2.0

16 Dec 2018

A place to avoid

Design

Recommend

CEO approval

Business outlook

Pros

Stable company if you are good at your job and don't want to be bothered with challenging work.

Cons

A place where connections and talking the right talk will move you up the ladder. Most of the emplyees do the bare minimum while a hand full actually do 90% of the work and get nothing more in return. This includes senior staff that in some cases barely know how to type an email. Also the office has no actual projects to be proud in terms of design of as most of the projects are meaningless repeat work.

1.0

15 Mar 2016

Most Bureaucratic Firm

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business outlook

Pros

RTKL London's designers spent most of time doing non intelligent work. People constantly feeling bored and tired. It's the most bureaucratic firm I have ever worked for. The salary just can't compensate the bad work life balance. The worst however is the designers have nothing to show as a proud project.

Cons

It's a haven for people who can talk but have no real talent. There's an appreciation from the leadership for people who can keep the heads down and get things done. The educational background or talent doesn't matter that much.

1.0

20 Jun 2019

Toxic Work Environment

Designer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business outlook

Pros

-Travel -Work on a variety of interesting projects. -Paid for development courses.

Cons

-Highly un-sociable, un-pleasant work environment- enforced by low level managers who spend too much time caught up with trivial issues. -Very poor work-life balance. -Two-faced, hostile management style- certain rules seem apply for some employees while not for others (among some managers) -Top heavy staffing- abundance of senior staff with disproportionate and overworked lower level staff doing 90% of the legwork. -Below industry standard pay. -Below industry standard benefits- no bonuses/ travel help/ medical/ dental for below senior staff.

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