It is exactly what people think it is like - Ecologist Arbtech Employee Review

1.0
17 Mar 2026
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Pros

Some colleagues genuinely care about ecology and supporting their colleagues. Flexible working hours. A couple of great principals.

Cons

-Blame game goes on a lot. They ask you to take responsibility for your failures which sounds healthy, but have never seen someone in the management or sales team admit fault for their failures, even if minor. -They will publically hang you out to dry on the company-wide Slack channel in the name of transparency, but as above, never do this amongst themselves or retract when they are mistaken. You are guilty until proven innocent. -Have seen people get "managed out" or managed into quitting when management had an issue with them. -Base salary is not great. They advertised industry leading salaries but only a select few are on those. My colleagues don't realise they are underpaid in comparison to the industry. Grads are paid well at 30k, but only after other more senior staff left and they realised they needed to retain grads to make up for the loss. -No timesheets so that they never get to see how hard you work, that you are overworked even though you worked far more than your 40 hours (excluding billable overtime). -Forced interaction with their social media posts. -Management sucks. -No support for colleagues who are struggling. And colleagues are always struggling because of how overworked everyone is. Some colleagues were happy to post publically about working there while they were struggling, and it was kind of chilling how those people were happy to feed into the model/system in which they are struggling. But you can understand when you think about how that might get you brownie points within the company. And the whole system seems to operate on favouritism and brownie points. -Benefits started slowly slipping away or have more conditions tied to them.

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5.0
7 Apr 2026
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Pros

You (have to) learn a lot very very quickly. The pay is very good compare dot my last job and the one I am in now. The overtime rates are so high it is quite hard to leave arbtech, because you have to take a big backward step in pay (it is not that difficult to double your wages in overtime). Tons of friendly people. Socials can be fun. Perks and 40 days holiday is miles better than other places. Compared to my previous jobs and current one, I highly rate it as an experience and miss it a lot sometimes. I definitely miss the money.

Cons

Don't apply unless you know you can consistently work very hard all year round. The company does not have 'quiet periods' like some ecology consultancies do. No other way to say it..summer is mental. Management can be incredibly supportive sometimes but they seem to have a very black and white approach to resolving issues and sometimes that doesn't come across well from an employee standpoint. The boss is actually nice in real life but it took me two years to find that out. Some of the ecologists exist in cliques and those can be hard to break into.

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2.0
23 Mar 2026
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Pros

Flexible time Decent overtime for those who wanted it Some great colleagues Good start for entry level to gain experience fast Gold stars for those favoured by those above

Cons

Toxic management Forced interactions on LinkedIn (yeah, we were threatened with angry one to one calls if we didn't react positively to ROs and Arbtech's posts on there) Public shout outs for those not deemed good enough, even if you are. Mental Health team were a joke, you speak to someone about struggling and you are met with "Arbtech isn't for everyone". Toxic drug-fuelled parties with encouragement from upper management to take drugs and get drunk on their over priced vodka at events. Pressure to take on jobs you aren't ready for with the promise of help, only to be met with silence or "too busy, sorry" and then blamed for screwing up. Money driven with no interest in actually following guidelines and laws - just take a look at some of the reports! Asked the staff how the company can improve, but then dragged and belittled when offered suggestions. Told to push "standard" sites back to take on "rapid" sites because they are worth more money and the if the client's can't afford to pay the higher costs, then they don't deserve the survey. "health and safety is call 999 or stop crying about it" was ROs answer when questioned on health and safety practices and lone working.

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