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Great people and opportunities - Assistant Engineer Atkins Employee Review

4.0
18 Dec 2022
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Pros

Very highly recommend for graduates. Great people, everyone is lovely and it's a fantastic atmosphere and social life, especially on the grad scheme. Great opportunities to get stuck into work that is a over and above what would be expected of your experience if you want to. Good stretch roles available and is a development focussed environment.

Cons

Very busy sector with staff being quite stressed and stretched. Pay is good for graduates then tapers off and is lower than elsewhere once you progress. Inefficient company but that might just be a 'big company' sort of thing.

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5.0
13 Oct 2023
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Pros

A lot of work to be done Many opportunities to try different things

Cons

Advancement can be hard Working alongside underperformers

2.0
17 Nov 2016
Anonymous employee
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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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