Future progression potential overshadowed by poor pay and management - Apprentice site supervisor Costain Employee Review

2.0
4 May 2026
Recommend
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Pros

The future progression within the sector

Cons

Bad pay, bad management, overworked, underpaid, no benefits compared to other apprentices and graduates, bad working environment, no London weighting

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Costain Response
2mo
Thank you for your feedback. Were sorry to hear that your current experience hasn't met expectations, particularly around pay, management and workload. We value the contribution of our apprentices and employees, and your comments will be shared with the relevant teams as we continue working to improve the overall employee experience.

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2.0
26 Aug 2025
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Pros

fantastic London office and incredible coffee machine

Cons

The company is disorganized. No one in the GIS team except a contractor knew SQL. Everyone on the team was severely underpaid.

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Costain Response
8mo
Thank you for taking the time to write a review, we can see that you were with us for a long time. Whilst Costain recognise that pay is important and following the completion of a recent reward benchmarking project, we would hope to reflect more accurate market rates for roles. We are also currently undertaking a career path framework project which will offer all employees the ability to be recognised for their full potential.
5.0
30 Jun 2026
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Treating employees as your greatest asset by prioritizing their career growth, work-life balance and overall wellbeing

Cons

Career progression could be slow

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