WSP reviews

3.7

72% would recommend to a friend

(7,137 total reviews)
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Alexandre L’Heureux

79% approve of CEO

61% positive business outlook

WSP has an employee rating of 3.7 out of 5 stars, based on 7,137 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The WSP 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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1.0
Apr 5, 2025
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Pros

Nothing that ant other company doesn’t already provide

Cons

I don’t understand this company. They don’t treat employees like people but like products. They continue to absolve their competition by buying them out while laying off existing employees. The room for overhead is slim and you have to find your own work. The budgets are always too tight and you don’t get compensated for overtime but are expected to tuen around deliverables in unrealistic timelines, so the assumption is work overtime for free just to meet your billability. We also don’t get paid sick live. There is a growing trend of employees across the board having nervous breaks - only then will they offer time off to avoid a law suit. They also constantly push managers to hire overseas in countries with less employer regulation like India to exploit as much labor as possible within their unrealistic budgets. They have no loyalty to any nation or to their own employees. This company is honestly a sick monopoly and I wouldn’t recommend it to anyone. The employee retention speaks for itself.

1.0
Sep 28, 2022
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Pros

Compensation can be good as they are desperate to retain people

Cons

WSP is a disjointed organization that is a conglomeration of companies they have purchased so no group knows what other groups do. They have not had a US presence long enough to establish their own reputation and think they can gain one by purchasing other companies with good names. They don't even pretend to care about the employees as they're very upfront that the only thing that is important is keeping the shareholders happy, which as long as they can continue to buy companies and show growth, they'll be able to do.

1.0
Sep 13, 2020
Recommend
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Pros

Nice bunch of people doing the technical work (though many are unhappy and will no doubt start leaving). Used to be a great culture.

Cons

WSP bought the company I worked for (Opus) and it has been a downhill slide since then. It started with little changes (all pot plants removed nationwide, no more free newspaper for staff to read at lunchtime) that then progressed to changing the company management structure (going from a relatively flat structure to bringing in numerous management levels) and now they're making numerous policy changes that make doing our job more difficult and make employees feel like numbers, not people. The new management structure introduced several levels of middle management that are all ineffective and powerless. Technical staff are treated with little respect and policy changes have left us totally disempowered. Graduates are offered good training opportunities but staff above graduate level are offered nothing. The upper management is full of sycophants who constantly "slap each other on the back" for what a great job they're doing but don't acknowledge the contribution of technical staff. Numerous staff within the company were forced to take pay cuts due to Covid-19 and the upper management were very keen to inform us of the (tiny) pay cuts they also took, but they've not been very upfront about the significant bonuses many have since been paid. WSP is very quick to jump on the bandwagon when it comes to the latest trendy cause (mental health awareness, lgbt issues, diversity awareness etc) but they only pay lip service to it - they'll happily "manage out" staff with mental health issues if they're seen as a financial liability to the company. I felt very loyal to Opus as it was a great place to work - I feel no loyalty to WSP whatsoever.

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