Does Arcadis pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Arcadis employees rate their compensation and benefits as 3.4 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Arcadis. This rating has decreased by 1% over the last 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Arcadis?

75% of Arcadis employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated Arcadis 4.0 out of 5 for work life balance, 4.0 for culture and values and 3.6 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Arcadis?

Project Manager (227) , Engineer (121) , Consultant (103) , Quantity Surveyor (82) , Senior Project Manager (75) , Senior Consultant (66) , Senior Engineer (64) , Graduate Engineer (60) , Project Engineer (54) , Assistant Project Manager (50) , Civil Engineer (50) , Environmental Scientist (50) , Associate (48) , Principal Engineer (48) , Intern (46)

What are the pros of working at Arcadis according to real employee reviews?

"I live and work in London and I have only ever met great people at Arcadis!" ((in 305 reviews)); "the ability to work on some of the biggest projects in the world and good work/life balance" ((in 278 reviews)); "Good benefits and a Remote Worker policy that is very good." ((in 221 reviews)); "Great colleagues and some really brilliant individuals" ((in 117 reviews)); "Great working environment and people." ((in 108 reviews))

What are the cons of working at Arcadis according to real employee reviews?

"Low salary and QS have to cove other departments expenses" ((in 243 reviews)); "Pay and compensation is low" ((in 159 reviews)); "The merge caused uncertainty and poor management" ((in 130 reviews)); "No bonuses and hard to progress" ((in 62 reviews)); "Growth is slow if you are stuck with a bad manager" ((in 58 reviews))

What are employees saying about Arcadis layoffs in 2026?

Explore Glassdoor’s employee reviews to understand what current and former employees are saying about Arcadis layoffs and their outlook for job security at Arcadis in 2026.

Arcadis reviews

3.9

75% would recommend to a friend

(4,537 total reviews)

Heather Polinsky

61% approve of CEO

58% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

4.2

Diversity & inclusion

4.0

Culture & values

4.0

Work/Life balance

3.6

Career opportunities

3.5

Senior management

3.4

Compensation and benefits

Arcadis has an employee rating of 3.9 out of 5 stars, based on 4,537 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Arcadis employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Servicios de construcción, reparación y mantenimiento industry (3.7 stars).

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5K reviews

1.0

Aug 27, 2016

What I would have said in my exit interview if I thought it would make a difference

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Remote Worker, Health Benefits, Shrinking pockets of good folks

Cons

Continuous push for billability has hyper-enabled an already existing culture of cannibalism, work-hoarding and outright work theft. Continuous negative messaging from top of the organization about financial performance has reached junior and administrative staff. Morale at historic low. Rewards and accolades for many who know how to game the financial numbers. Conflicting messaging from top - “We need to win more work”, yet “You need executive-level approval to travel see a client” Continuous messaging showing staff traveling the globe with apparently no billable work to show for it. Measures implemented to improve financial performance feel more punitive than corrective. Example: Cancel company year-end parties in July. Top performers fight to get minimal raise in 2016. “Pay-for-performance” mantra abandoned without explanation.

1.0

Jun 29, 2016

Career Dead End

Senior environmental engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Too few and too incidental to name. At best, it is a steady paycheck until you find a more promising opportunity. Entry-level engineers can gain experience in technical endeavors, but any participation in marketing efforts is highly unlikely and even discouraged (but only implicitly, never explicitly).

Cons

Extremely short-term, unsustainable thinking by management: micromanaging billable hours on a weekly basis at the expense of planning for long term growth. Executive level managers seem to have no clue how to incentivize or reward excellence, and they seem to have no understanding that work comes through getting to know clients on a personal level, not the reverse. Current management is leading the charge towards the complete commoditization of the engineering profession by always making decisions based solely on cost and never on value.

1.0

Jun 20, 2016

Would not recomment to a friend

Environmental engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

It is a large company, and lot of interesting projects world wide. The company is always interested in acquiring new companies, people.

Cons

ARCADIS is a very large company with very little knowledge of what the company does or teams do internally. Lot of silos. If you are interested in a project or area, it is very hard to align yourself and actually learn through it, unless you know someone. It is all about relation ship, and who you know that can advocate for you, rather than what you can do. they are always about getting rid of existing people, and hiring new folks. Lots of discrimination amongst current employees and other acquired companies by the management.

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