lots of talking, weak or no actions - no good perspectives or chances of development for young engineers - Mechanical Engineer Buro Happold Employee Review

1.0
16 Oct 2017
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

international atmosphere, employees get along very well, interesting projects (on the surface)

Cons

- no sustainable design at all - management does not know who to treat people, social intercourse of the management is terrible, they talk a lot (one could say they like hearing themselves talking) but no actions, unfortunatelly the tone sometimes is absolutely inappropriate - no appreciation - most people are totally underpaid (of course we talk about that, although you try to prevent that. Why do you do anyways..?!) - office space is a mess (they prefer to spend as little money as possible on the rent. Defective furniture and fixtures) - management does not "lead" or "conduct" the people, they prefer to "rule".. and they are incorrigible - problems are not tried to be solved - managment prefers to whitewash and sit them out - stop making up stories why people supposedly leave the company - by the end of the day it has been always the same reasons in the past 2-3 years.

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Buro Happold Response
8y
Hi, thank you for your comments. As a business, we know that our people are our most valuable asset. Following our employee engagement survey and the feedback within our Berlin office, we have taken actions to enhance communications and have employed a number of channels including: apps, Yammer and open floor talks from leaders. In regards to pay, we regularly benchmark against competitors to ensure alignment with the local market to ensure parity. Our Berlin office is currently undergoing a refurbishment to enhance work space and collaboration.

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Buro Happold Response
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Thank you for sharing your feedback. We’re really pleased to hear you value our flexible working and the diversity of our people. We take all comments seriously. Your feedback is hugely valuable, thank you so much for taking the time to leave a review.
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