Pros
The people at Arcadis were great. Networking across the company was excellent. Arcadis hired talented junior staff and brought in great senior people. Arcadis acquired Malcolm Pirnie in 2009. The Malcolm Pirnie structure remained largely the same as the Water business line in Arcadis.
Cons
The company has been changing since it acquired Malcolm Pirnie in 2009. Many people were unhappy with the changes and left in the next few years. Some returned after the legacy Malcolm Pirnie leadership moved on. The last few years the Water business line has shifted from its traditional water/wastewater engineering focus to more consulting service, asset management, and information technology/networking/cyber-security focus. The company has also talked about shifting to a greater focus on buried infrastructure (i.e., pipelines) but has seemed not to be able to make the actual shift. The company is traded on the European stock exchange. The company's stock price plummeted 60% since the beginning of the year, then recovered to a net 40% loss most recently.