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CallisonRTKL

Part of Arcadis

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Always room for improvement - Associate CallisonRTKL Employee Review

4.0
18 Dec 2019
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Some interesting projects, team dependent but lots in the LA market, which is good. Work-life balance is excellent, people are friendly.

Cons

Pay is significantly less than competitors and has been for quite a while, staff retention will start to become a major issue. This is probably down to being owned by a larger construction firm (Arcadis)

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CallisonRTKL Response
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Thank you for your feedback; we appreciate it. Glad that you enjoy the project work and teamwork. Many opportunities for great work are available in LA and other offices. When it comes to pay, CallisonRTKL works independently from Arcadis and we do use lots of different sources of information related to our very own industry. However, pay schemes are complex and influenced by many factors, including professional degrees, experience, credentials, expertise, etc. Pay does not play in staff retention as we are competitive at many levels but we can appreciate that in a hot and competitive market, such as LA's, the perception of low pay at CallisonRTKL is possible. We are looking to provide employees more transparency around the compensation process, which may help provide better information in this area.

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It seems that incorporating more trend-forward designs could lead to even better results, but as a newcomer, I found it challenging to overcome the established methods and the specific direction and style clients wanted. Nonetheless, they consistently delivered solid outcomes.

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