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4.3

90% would recommend to a friend

(3080 total reviews)

Chairman Alan Belfield

Alan Belfield

93% approve of CEO

Ratings by category

4.5

Culture and Values

4.4

Diversity and Inclusion

4.2

Career Opportunities

4.1

Work/Life Balance

3.9

Senior Management

3.8

Compensation and Benefits

Ratings distribution

5 stars

39%

4 stars

39%

3 stars

16%

2 stars

3%

1 star

3%

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Found 3,080 of over 4K reviews

Updated 5 Dec 2023

Top Review Highlights by Sentiment

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Pros
  • "Great projects and people.(in 314 reviews)
  • "Lovely people and a great culture(in 180 reviews)
  • "Good benefits for health and profit share(in 164 reviews)
  • "Great colleagues and team spirit(in 135 reviews)
  • "Good work/life balance (if you tackle the subject well with your team)(in 108 reviews)
Cons
  • "Low salary and sometimes slow to get up the ladder(in 263 reviews)
  • "Low pay relative to competitors and issues with career advancement (a natural bottleneck that is exacerbated by so may lifers)(in 152 reviews)
  • "extended working hours might be frustrating(in 83 reviews)
  • "Long hours and no more(in 57 reviews)
  • "Unless your a tall white man, you probably won't progress much, poor management(in 55 reviews)
    1. 5.0
      FEATURED REVIEW
      19 Oct 2023
      Principal
      Current Employee, more than 10 years
      New York, NY
      Recommend
      CEO Approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Arup's culture sets us apart. Its foundation is the core values of our founder Ove Arup and has stayed strong since the company's beginnings in 1946. It's collaborative, professional, and people centric. Wouldn't want to work anywhere else!

      Cons

      There are no cons to report

      1
      1. 5.0
        3 Dec 2023
        Anonymous Employee
        Current Employee
        Recommend
        CEO Approval
        Business Outlook

        Pros

        Good team spirits and transparency

        Cons

        N/A, nothing but a good company

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        1. 5.0
          19 Nov 2023
          Senior Engineer
          Current Employee
          Hong Kong
          Recommend
          CEO Approval
          Business Outlook

          Pros

          Challenging environment with challenging subjects that keeps you challenged

          Cons

          Overtime can be quite crazy at times

          1. 5.0
            17 Nov 2023
            Assistant Engineer
            Former Employee, more than 3 years
            Recommend
            CEO Approval
            Business Outlook

            Pros

            Large company with good career development

            Cons

            Poor salary and lack of bonus

            1. 4.0
              14 Nov 2023
              Graduate Engineer
              Current Employee, more than 1 year
              Hong Kong
              Recommend
              CEO Approval
              Business Outlook

              Pros

              Company willing to provide opportunity and training

              Cons

              sometime need OT and low salary

              1. 4.0
                8 Nov 2023
                Consultant
                Current Employee, more than 1 year
                Hong Kong
                Recommend
                CEO Approval
                Business Outlook

                Pros

                Nice office to work daily

                Cons

                Working hour can be long and short timeframe

                1. 5.0
                  4 Nov 2023
                  Engineer
                  Former Employee
                  Hong Kong
                  Recommend
                  CEO Approval
                  Business Outlook

                  Pros

                  Got profit shares. World-wide networking.

                  Cons

                  Planty of overtimes. Salary was low compared with other consultants.

                  1. 1.0
                    13 Nov 2023
                    Project Manager
                    Current Employee
                    Hong Kong
                    Recommend
                    CEO Approval
                    Business Outlook

                    Pros

                    Government projects, working environment is good,

                    Cons

                    No support from the seniors, they usually know how to dodge tasks and responsibilities

                    1. 4.0
                      1 Nov 2023
                      Design Manager
                      Former Employee
                      Recommend
                      CEO Approval
                      Business Outlook

                      Pros

                      technical good, feasible, ok pay

                      Cons

                      too busy, too many work

                      1. 3.0
                        3 Oct 2023
                        Assistant Manager
                        Current Employee, less than 1 year
                        Hong Kong
                        Recommend
                        CEO Approval
                        Business Outlook

                        Pros

                        Nice colleagues Collaborative team Convenience work location

                        Cons

                        The toxic CEO gives blame and takes credit. No contribution to the firm. Refuses to listen, just do what he likes.

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