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    Multiplex Reviews

    Updated 8 August 2017
    28 reviews

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    Multiplex CEO Ross A. McDiven
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    9 Ratings

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    1. "Overall a great place to work - a few tweaks needed"

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      • Comp & Benefits
      • Senior Management
      Current Employee - Manager in London, England
      Current Employee - Manager in London, England
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      I have been working at Multiplex full-time (More than a year)

      Pros

      Great culture - everyone is approachable
      Global career opportunities
      Brilliant projects

      Cons

      Can get political at a very senior level
      Favouritism

      Advice to Management

      Don't carry dead weight
      Reward exceptional staff
      don't lose the culture and the social side

    2. "Interesting project portfolio"

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      Current Employee - Graduate Engineer in London, England
      Current Employee - Graduate Engineer in London, England
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      No opinion of CEO

      I have been working at Multiplex full-time (Less than a year)

      Pros

      The company has not very many projects, but all the projects are interesting.

      Cons

      A little less pointy elbows and politics would not go amiss.

    3. "Great potential, good people, but poor management and culture"

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      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee in London, England
      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee in London, England
      Doesn't Recommend
      Positive Outlook
      No opinion of CEO

      I have been working at Multiplex full-time (More than 3 years)

      Pros

      Plenty of great talent and good people. Lots of social events. Job sites are very clean and safe. People don't clock watch as much so hours are more flexible

      Cons

      Plenty of incompetent and unethical people too. HR don't have a safe forum to report sexist and inappropriate behaviour so many turn a blind eye to it

      Advice to Management

      Promote people based on skill and knowledge rather than mates

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    4. Helpful (2)

      "Motto: Built to employ incompetence"

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      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Doesn't Recommend
      Negative Outlook

      I worked at Multiplex (More than a year)

      Pros

      they allow you to transfer to other regions easily if you are someone who wants to travel around the world.

      Cons

      the company employs high volumes of grads. Many full-term employees are friends of friends and friends of management without any qualifications or experience. Some sites have up to 10 grads which becomes an issue when tight deadlines needs to be met. The worst is when those incompetent, recommended people are promoted to higher jobs becoming a major issue to the service provided to internal and external stakeholders. The Board most of the times has no clue of what happens in certain departments like IT for example, they simply buy what is sold to them by high level Management. HR have shown signs of corruption by covering up issues that should have resulted with the firing of certain individuals. Those individuals are "protected" by their line managers or friends who recommended them for the role. Don't bother raising any issues with HR, they'll refer confidential matters straight to the people you have raised complaints about. Double standards, bullying and backstabbing reign in this company. Bonuses are irrelevant too.

      Advice to Management

      Start employing people with skills not friends of friends! Investigate management who don't provide any added value to the company as what they do is only travelling around the globe. Investigate your HR department.

    5. "Awful. Stay away."

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      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Doesn't Recommend
      Neutral Outlook
      No opinion of CEO

      I worked at Multiplex full-time

      Pros

      Worked with some lovely people.

      Cons

      Backstabbing from management, poor salary, unsupportive, misled with career opportunities, a lot of favouritism.

      Advice to Management

      Listen to your employees and support them.

    6. Helpful (1)

      "Good Engineering Company"

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      Current Employee - Project Engineer in London, England
      Current Employee - Project Engineer in London, England
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      Pros

      Company is well respected and has grown tremendously over the past few years.
      Operate in many different countries.

      Cons

      Office Politics is obvious
      Hire more specialists.

      Advice to Management

      Stop the office politics (merit based on friendships)

    7. Helpful (2)

      "Awful Company to work for"

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      • Senior Management
      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Doesn't Recommend
      Negative Outlook
      No opinion of CEO

      I worked at Multiplex full-time

      Pros

      great location of offices

      Cons

      majority of staff think they are above themselves in management, lots of back stabbing and not a pleasant working environment -

      Advice to Management

      start to look after your staff more closely, than looking too much after your own personal interests.

    8. "would recommend"

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      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      Pros

      good pay, great projects, good managers

      Cons

      long hours, fast pace, no work life balance

      Advice to Management

      listen to all feedback and staff

    9. "Enjoyed my time there"

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      Former Employee - Project Coordinator in Toronto, ON (Canada)
      Former Employee - Project Coordinator in Toronto, ON (Canada)

      I worked at Multiplex full-time (More than a year)

      Pros

      Former management created a healthy environment of nurturing. Had enough learning and mentoring opportunities. Very welcoming environment.

      Cons

      Current management, Not enough project, No growth.

    10. "Excellent company to work for"

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      • Career Opportunities
      • Comp & Benefits
      • Senior Management
      Current Employee - Cadet in Melbourne (Australia)
      Current Employee - Cadet in Melbourne (Australia)

      Pros

      -Plenty of opportunities
      -Plenty of responsibility
      -Structured rotations

      Cons

      -40 hours plus while at university

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