Arcadis reviews

Upper management sold out brand and employees for stocks and money. Veteran managers took buyouts and left. New managers are in power grab for themselves. Managers are using ARCADIS as scapegoat to thin out the employees. First massive terminations, they call layoffs, in company history in 2011. Veteran employees are being forced out through low to no raises and pressure to work uncompensated to be more billable while being told company is not performing well. New, younger employees are promoted too fast without experience or mentors and given glowing reports of company performance.

US company is based on acquisitions of similar companies resulting in a culture that is not unified and can widely differ from one office to another. Whereas benefits have become more competitive in the last few years, the business systems are still lagging firms of similar size. The upgrade to a new project management program helps, but business management of the company still depends on manual spreadsheets. Turnover is relatively high and lay-offs occur often enough to result in staff protecting their job rather than fully engaging in team efforts. Financial and quarterly results impact management decisions, making the job a daily grind of achieving aggressive billable and profit goals. Managers have little time to cultivate staff or focus on their own development -- both are viewed as an employee responsibility. Corporate support is minimal with high turn-over of primarily non-professional level staff.