Does Arcadis pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Arcadis employees rate their compensation and benefits as 3.4 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Arcadis. This rating has decreased by 1% over the last 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Arcadis?

75% of Arcadis employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated Arcadis 4.0 out of 5 for work life balance, 4.0 for culture and values and 3.6 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Arcadis?

Project Manager (226) , Engineer (121) , Consultant (103) , Quantity Surveyor (82) , Senior Project Manager (75) , Senior Consultant (65) , Senior Engineer (64) , Graduate Engineer (60) , Project Engineer (54) , Assistant Project Manager (50) , Civil Engineer (50) , Environmental Scientist (50) , Associate (48) , Principal Engineer (48) , Intern (46)

What are the pros of working at Arcadis according to real employee reviews?

"I live and work in London and I have only ever met great people at Arcadis!" ((in 303 reviews)); "the ability to work on some of the biggest projects in the world and good work/life balance" ((in 270 reviews)); "The benefits are good and they even offer a week of paid maternity/paternity leave for new parents." ((in 219 reviews)); "Great colleagues and always ready to support" ((in 131 reviews)); "Great experience and the team used to be better" ((in 103 reviews))

What are the cons of working at Arcadis according to real employee reviews?

"You will start with a very low salary here and then progress even slower in terms of salary raise" ((in 243 reviews)); "Low pay and work can be tedious" ((in 164 reviews)); "The merge caused uncertainty and poor management" ((in 128 reviews)); "Growth is slow if you are stuck with a bad manager" ((in 60 reviews)); "No bonuses and hard to progress" ((in 59 reviews))

What are employees saying about Arcadis layoffs in 2026?

Explore Glassdoor’s employee reviews to understand what current and former employees are saying about Arcadis layoffs and their outlook for job security at Arcadis in 2026.

What Arcadis locations have received the highest employee ratings?

Köln , Berlin , Darmstadt , München

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3.9

75% would recommend to a friend

(4,536 total reviews)

Heather Polinsky

61% approve of CEO

58% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

4.2

Diversity & inclusion

4.0

Culture & values

4.0

Work/Life balance

3.6

Career opportunities

3.5

Senior management

3.4

Compensation and benefits

Arcadis has an employee rating of 3.9 out of 5 stars, based on 4,536 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Arcadis employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Bauwesen, Reparatur- und Wartungsservices industry (3.7 stars).

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Reviews by job title

5K reviews

2.0

Feb 11, 2013

Massive management turn over

Communications manager

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

great budgets, senior management is strong, great benefits

Cons

Massive management turn over, I had 5 managers is 5 years, strategy changes, poor culture

3.0

Feb 10, 2013

Ok company, but continually restructuring (Arcadis UK) which can cause frustration

Quantity surveyor

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Wide range of clients and global reach with interesting projects. Global knowledge sharing opportunities. Arcadis global company has strong values and good attitude to work / life balance. Continually growing organisation. Renumeration appears to be consistent with industry averages.

Cons

Work & cultural values are promoted at senior level but often ignored by middle management. Expansion is by acquisition & v.little organic growth, this results in a continual restructure and reduced promotional opportunities (recent merger with ECHarris in UK has demonstrated this as Arcadis UK employees have been passed over by the new ECH branded company when restructuring). Common with big companies there is a danger of being pigeon holed within a sector / client area.

4.0

Jan 25, 2013

Great career development opportunities but improvements are needed to better tie compensation to performance.

Senior engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Many opportunities for driven individuals whether interested in technical work or project management work. Great technical network is available to all staff including very senior experts. Exciting projects also always seem to be coming down the pipeline.

Cons

Work-life balance expectations seem to vary significantly from project to project and manger to manager. Although this is somewhat driven by the field, there is a significant lack of diversity within the organization and seems be little value placed on diversity. Compensation is not well tied to performance even though this is a performance driven organization. Improvements are being made here but they are slow.

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Massive management turn over

Ok company, but continually restructuring (Arcadis UK) which can cause frustration

Great career development opportunities but improvements are needed to better tie compensation to performance.

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