Urbis Reviews

Long working hours and no overtime

Stressful environment, responsibilities are pushed down the chain until you've got juniors being punished for fee proposals they've never even seen. Middle management can be awful and useless. They strongly encourage you to do far more than you should be for the job role, with no compensation (overtime is usually not paid, and if it is, their policy is that it is at half rates). One guy in our department worked a hundred hour week, and instead of recognising him in any way, they decided to push others to follow the example. They will lowball you on first offer (by a lot) stick to your reasonable researched market number and have them play catchup, whomever is deciding salaries hasn't picked up a survey since 2000. Generally cover yourself where possible as they aren't trustworthy, i.e. they will promise you raises and bonuses (like a specific number via email and everything) then not deliver. Turns out performance bonuses arent legally binding even if you far exceed target, who knew. Like 5 people in my department left for mental health reasons within a few months because the directors got a bit verbally abusive with everyone.