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 4.1 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 (228) , Engineer (121) , Consultant (104) , Quantity Surveyor (82) , Senior Project Manager (75) , Senior Consultant (67) , Senior Engineer (65) , Graduate Engineer (60) , Project Engineer (54) , Assistant Project Manager (52) , 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 305 reviews)); "the ability to work on some of the biggest projects in the world and good work/life balance" ((in 276 reviews)); "The benefits are good and they even offer a week of paid maternity/paternity leave for new parents." ((in 204 reviews)); "Great colleagues and always ready to support" ((in 130 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?

"So no surprise that the salaries are low and there is always a reason why sadly we can't increase your salary at the moment" ((in 244 reviews)); "Low pay and work can be tedious" ((in 161 reviews)); "The merge caused uncertainty and poor management" ((in 123 reviews)); "No bonuses and hard to progress" ((in 63 reviews)); "Growth is slow if you are stuck with a bad manager" ((in 63 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 are the top reviewed Arcadis locations?

Berlin , Darmstadt , München , Hamburg , Köln , Leipzig , Freiberg , Stuttgart , Hannover , Karlsruhe , Halle (Saale)

Arcadis reviews

3.9

75% would recommend to a friend

(4,561 total reviews)

Heather Polinsky

52% approve of CEO

57% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

4.2

Diversity & inclusion

4.1

Work/Life balance

4.0

Culture & values

3.6

Career opportunities

3.4

Senior management

3.4

Compensation and benefits

Arcadis has an employee rating of 3.9 out of 5 stars, based on 4,561 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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5K reviews

3.0

Aug 26, 2012

Malcolm Pirnie carryover

Cpm

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Access to a wider range of discipline skill sets with merger. Better cost controls.

Cons

Arcadis is a conglomeration of smaller companies buying up small companies, and occassionally big companies - unfortunately still try to apply small company approach to large company issues. Revenue growth appears to be based on regularly acquiring another company, not on growing organically or growing strength of staff or quality of work. Feels like an engineering company structured by and run by accountants...

2.0

Nov 11, 2011

All about the bottom line

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Large firm with access to project opportunities worldwide if you are in the right division. Decent health benefits. For environmental scientists in the large business unit catering to provate industry, most seem somewhat happy with sole source work.

Cons

This firm is pretty much a large holding company. They buy companies at a rapid rate and don't integrate them well. There is not an overarching system to link people and service offerings, there is no communication between business units, morale is low, and everything is about the bottom line. Upper management is completely disconnected. The Water Division is what once was Malcolm Pirnie, but the culture is completely different from what Pirnie once was and the Pirnie people are leaving at an alarming rate.

1.0

Jun 2, 2011

If you're not an Engineer, you're a nobody

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Travel, good benefits, they end the day you are laid off.

Cons

If you're not an engineer, you're disposable and you don't get any respect or recoginition. They don't do any in-house training or suggest outside training for those who become managers on "how to manage others". They don't know how to do anything other than the "good old boy" way. Very European and dismissive. No consideration of one's personal life.

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