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Professional and technology forward thinking company, but no loyalty to staff whatsoever - Senior Project Manager Atkins Employee Review

2.0
13 Oct 2015
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Pros

Great staff who are professionally competent and motivated to deliver the best to clients.

Cons

New directors being hired with new strategies constantly being implemented with no understanding of the work we actually do. No loyalty to staff where in the good times bonuses are delivered just to the Directors. In the bad times HR being the busiest department moving from business to business inflicting redundancies with no appreciation of loyalty, effort or length of service for the company. The Shareholder is king in Atkins. Profit and margin matter, not employees.

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Pros

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Cons

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2.0
17 Nov 2016
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Pros

Job and a paycheck but in a house of cards.

Cons

Wow, be careful! Atkins North America was acquired when Atkins in London bought a notorious US engineering based in Florida, PBS&J (Post, Buckley, Shuh and Jernigan). I didn't do enough research when hired and found out too late I was working for a company that has been prosecuted multiple times for serious illegalities, and some of the executives who participated but escaped prosecution are still there! PBS&J has been indicted for bribing government officials, illegal campaign contributions, and was a private company put on the chopping blocks to sell for being so poorly managed when several of the employees embezzled millions upon millions of dollars. As recent as 2016 the company was struggling financially because of legal costs and fines to the extent the focus became finishing out existing contracts rather than procuring new ones...an indicator they do not want new business and are likely to chop off the US engineering wing and spin those employees out to another company. Do your research before accepting a job there, the good old boy network that didn't previously get caught or prosecuted in the illegalities is still working there, and they haven't changed much in being secretive about what they are doing!! Get everything in writing as they are all about the bait and switch.

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