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Laing O'Rourke reviews

3.8

66% would recommend to a friend

(778 total reviews)
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76% approve of CEO

49% positive business outlook

Laing O'Rourke has an employee rating of 3.8 out of 5 stars, based on 778 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Laing O'Rourke employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Services de construction, réparation et maintenance industry (3.7 stars).

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778 reviews
1.0
Dec 17, 2015
Recommend
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Pros

If you are able to join as part of the graduate program, they appear to really look after you. Graduates seem to get good training and an accelerated career path, as well as access to the inner circle.

Cons

Laing O’Rourke is a very large company and there is a definite feel of being a very small cog in a massive machine. There is definitely a case of certain employees being treated better than other, and it’s not based on anything professional. I had also recently changed divisions within Laing O’Rourke, where I had been promised a pay rise and a better position. After 7 months, the company went back on that on that promise, against the recommendation of my line and area managers.

1.0
Dec 9, 2015
Recommend
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Pros

Laing O'Rourke has a lot of work in hand, making for secure employment. They did have quite generous travel allowance, but I hear this has been largely wound back.

Cons

I worked on a project in Central London with the Expanded arm of Laing O'Rourke as a site/setting out engineer. Even though I was contracted for 40 hours a week, I never worked less than 55 and averaged 58 (Not including saturdays). I often had to miss meal breaks and was never financially reimbursed for any hours worked over the 40 during the working week. This was for £27,000 a year. Though we were paid overtime on weekends, I was told I would only need to work every second Saturday. I was pressured into working about %75 of saturdays and usually asked to work every weekend. In my time there, one of the young site engineers was off work due to stress, which wasn't surprising due to the conditions we were working under. The safety on site was also very poor, there was very much a production first mentality. Planning was ad hoc, making work very stressful and difficult to plan ahead.

1.0
Nov 2, 2015

Old English company

Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

None, other than brand image

Cons

- no personal life, politics, no appraisal, managers are very bias(English) - no one to guide you through process, they expect you to know everything from day 1 - lame reasons to accuse colleagues -lame use of success factor and KPI Over all will not recommend anyone to work here

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