Long down hill slide over the last 5 years. - Civil Engineer GHD Employee Review

3.0
18 Aug 2014
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Pros

Great people (although they've steadily been leaving over the last year or 18 months). Good systems, great training and support for young staff in particular. Great variety of work and plenty of opportunities to travel and switch roles (again, particularly if you're young). Good Christmas parties! Good policies around flexible working hours (although the hours are long), good policies around extra leave. Great return on equity if the senior management like you enough to make you a shareholder.

Cons

I left for a change of scenery because I didn't like the change in culture and direction of management decisions. No reward (pay/bonus) for working to a very high standard, additional hours, etc. Impossible to get a pay rise in the last five years unless you had another higher offer. Good policies around equality that do not translate into real action in terms of pay equality and promotion of female staff. Difficult to get anywhere unless you're a favourite of the senior management (i.e. drinking buddy). Management focus on utilisation above all else, resulting in poor decisions around redundancies. Difficult to make shareholder unless you do some serious sucking up.

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5.0
28 May 2026
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Pros

Evolving with the times to best serve client needs. Investing in employee learning. Attracting high caliber talent.

Cons

Change can feel disruptive for some, but GHD is on a disciplined journey.

4.0
19 Jun 2026
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Pros

Great starting point as an internship, gives you good experience to the professional and consulting world, pay for an engineering intern is satisfactory. Values of the company and support from coworkers is appreciated. Seems to be a psychologically safe place to work and make mistakes. No noticeable workplace toxicity or politics. Everyone seems to be authentic and chill. Not noticing anyone keeping their heads down and received reports of satisfaction with work environment from coworkers. Exposure to a variety of projects, including field work experiences. Seems to be a solid resume builder.

Cons

Need to be pretty proactive for work. For me who enjoys having work to do, its kind of stressful. You have to take initiative in making your own plan. For someone who thrives in structure and needs a bit of help in planning, this is a struggle. Limited flexibility in doing a hybrid role (even though job description stated it was when I applied) For someone who is 42 mi from the office and with heavy traffic takes 1h 15 min to reach the office, its a struggle. But I understood that my commute time is longer than average when I took the position.

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