Arup Reviews
90% would recommend to a friend
(3080 total reviews)

Alan Belfield
93% approve of CEO
Found 3,080 of over 4K reviews
Updated 5 Dec 2023
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- "Low pay relative to competitors and issues with career advancement (a natural bottleneck that is exacerbated by so may lifers)" (in 152 reviews)
- 5.0FEATURED REVIEW19 Oct 2023PrincipalCurrent Employee, more than 10 yearsNew York, NY
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 - 5.03 Dec 2023Anonymous EmployeeCurrent Employee
Pros
Good team spirits and transparency
Cons
N/A, nothing but a good company
- 5.019 Nov 2023Senior EngineerCurrent EmployeeHong Kong
Pros
Challenging environment with challenging subjects that keeps you challenged
Cons
Overtime can be quite crazy at times
- 5.017 Nov 2023Assistant EngineerFormer Employee, more than 3 years
Pros
Large company with good career development
Cons
Poor salary and lack of bonus
- 4.014 Nov 2023Graduate EngineerCurrent Employee, more than 1 yearHong Kong
Pros
Company willing to provide opportunity and training
Cons
sometime need OT and low salary
- 4.08 Nov 2023ConsultantCurrent Employee, more than 1 yearHong Kong
Pros
Nice office to work daily
Cons
Working hour can be long and short timeframe
- 5.04 Nov 2023EngineerFormer EmployeeHong Kong
Pros
Got profit shares. World-wide networking.
Cons
Planty of overtimes. Salary was low compared with other consultants.
- 1.013 Nov 2023Project ManagerCurrent EmployeeHong Kong
Pros
Government projects, working environment is good,
Cons
No support from the seniors, they usually know how to dodge tasks and responsibilities
- 4.01 Nov 2023Design ManagerFormer Employee
Pros
technical good, feasible, ok pay
Cons
too busy, too many work
- 3.03 Oct 2023Assistant ManagerCurrent Employee, less than 1 yearHong Kong
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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Arup has an overall rating of 4.3 out of 5, based on over 3,715 reviews left anonymously by employees. 90% of employees would recommend working at Arup to a friend and 75% have a positive outlook for the business. This rating has been stable over the past 12 months.
90% of Arup employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews. Employees also rated Arup 4.1 out of 5 for work life balance, 4.5 for culture and values and 4.2 for career opportunities.