Arcadis reviews

Management has no clue how to manage people. Company is rife with 'good old boys' mentality and it shows. Suck ups get the bonuses, raises and promotions. Company morale is at an all time low. Company puts too much emphasis on billability - if you are not at or close to 100%, dust off your resume and start looking elsewhere. Work environment is very stressful. Those who have not been laid off or furloughed are leaving in droves.

Billability expectations are unrealistic and are calculated based on overall hours - in many cases, requiring employees to work significant amounts of overtime or forego earned vacation time. The management, at least where I worked, are so focused on meeting week-to-week numbers targets that they neglect the long-term needs of the business, laying off key staff and cutting off opportunities for long-term growth. A large percentage of the best and brightest in the water division have either left or been laid off, almost negating the purpose of the Pirnie acquisition. I have personally noted that at least one person has been let go just prior to their work anniversary and ostensibly given less severance pay as a result. Eventually, the work environment got so bad that I had to leave. I was told when I was there the grass isn't necessarily greener on the outside - but my experience, and that of many others I have known, is that it certainly can be.