A dying office - Anonymous employee AECOM Employee Review

2.0
28 Oct 2015
Anonymous employee
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Pros

The biggest pro was the compressed work week in which employees were on a 9/80 schedule. You work 9 hour days and get every other Friday off. The downtown Cleveland location was good too.

Cons

I worked for URS which was then acquired by AECOM. The strategy of both companies is growth through acquisition. Once they aqcuire a new company they cut off the money and let it slowly die. The Cleveland office (near Public Square) has suffered massive layoffs over the past few years. The office went from roughly 400 people to less than 100. When you walk into the office, notice how old and dirty all of the cubicles and furniture are. The place hasn't been updated since the 1980's. It's also a very "throw your coworker under the bus" type of culture. Also, why were there 3 separate URS offices in the Cleveland area? None of them talked to each other.

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