22: WSP Employee Reviews

I enjoyed my time, but like all consultancies, there were ebbs and flows in the amount of work we would get. The work that was won was very interesting, and helped to put my learnings into practice.

Pros

Flexible Working

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Another company

Civil Designer (Current Employee) - Adelaide CBD SA - 27 September 2023

Another company, you feel like just a number. Your opinion doesn’t count towards a project, no design input. There are better companies out there to work for.

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Incompetent management

Civil Engineer (Former Employee) - Adelaide CBD SA - 2 May 2023

I was employed at WSP for 3 months as a civil engineer in Adelaide. It was the worst team I have ever worked for as I was thrown in the deep end without support and guidance. Prior to commencement, I was promised a lot of things. It was just talk from the interviewers. Very lacking in people’s skills, no empathy, lack of ethics and understanding. Definitely don’t recommend anyone to work for WSP.

Pros

Nothing

Cons

Incompetent managers and long hours

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Large disjointed organisation

Commercial Manager (Former Employee) - Sydney NSW - 26 March 2023

Engineering consultancy that has grown exponentially but fails to realise synergies of scale resulting in high staff turnover and ineffective use of available resources.

Pros

Work life balance

Cons

Zero collaboration between divisions

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challenging but fair

Layout Lead Designer (Former Employee) - Perth WA - 21 March 2023

Now that the white elephants and protected species are removed, it should be a good place to work for.From what I've heard, today WSP is completely different culture. The ethic one.

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Great workplace

Assistant (Former Employee) - Canberra ACT - 17 November 2022

Good workplace. I had a great manager who was very supportive. Other staff members are great as well. Everyone is friendly and easy to work with. It is great that we always have free morning tea in a monthly basis.

Pros

Work life balance

Cons

nothing

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Productive and great culture

Desktop Support Engineer (Current Employee) - Collins St VIC - 3 November 2022

I really happy working in WSP since I started my job. Collaborative team, friendly workplace, nice to approach work group team. I’m hired from recruiters for my position so the payment is not come from WSP so the salary isn’t really fair for IT Team. However, I really happy to work with WSP.

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Good and bad

Engineer (Former Employee) - Brisbane QLD - 22 July 2022

Not so good:I found myself doing a lot of unpaid overtime, often because it was to fix other people’s mistakes and there was no budget left on the project. They claim to have a graduate program but in my experience this was just 4 webinars over a year or so that were super high level and weren’t worth dialling into, especially when you had real work that needed doing and didn’t want to be stuck at work late. I hardly felt like I could take a lunch break during one of our major projects for at least a year because my manager had oversold the team’s capabilities and the client had unrealistic expectations. Pretty good:Due to the types of clients there are unique opportunities for work on site which you wouldn’t normally get at a pure play consultancy.

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I work with an awesome team

Senior EHS Consultant (Current Employee) - Brisbane QLD - 13 June 2022

I work in an awesome team. They are extremely cooperative and understanding with great work life balance. The work environment is not stressful. I enjoy it everyday.

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Unsupportive, unprofessional managers

Mechanical Engineer (Former Employee) - Canberra ACT - 30 April 2022

No any structural way of training engineers. They are not supportive and are unwilling to help you. If you ask one question instead of answering your queries they will give you 10 more questions.

Pros

Big name

Cons

No support

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Awesome company to work for

Senior Civil Engineer (Current Employee) - Palmerston NT - 15 December 2021

Great opportunities for growth, work on large interesting projects. Management depends on the office but overall pretty great. The company supports work life balance and are serious about your wellbeing.

Pros

Flexible work hours

Cons

Large corporate can be difficult to stand out.

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Work hard, play hard

Contracts Manager (Former Employee) - Perth WA - 4 May 2020

Good supportive culture, long hours but well rewarded. Project business so no longevity in roles but I would go work for them again. High quality people and very collaborative place to work.

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Productive, friendly and team-minded colleagues

Graduate Tunnel/Geotechnical Engineer (Current Employee) - Brisbane QLD - 2 April 2020

Work place is 100% based on who your teammates are and how they willing to support you as a team. WSP is very great multi-disciplined engineering consultancy with many role models you can look up to.

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Challenging place to work

Human Resources Advisor (Current Employee) - Brisbane QLD - 17 November 2019

WSP is a challenging place to work, it's is an evolving company that is keeping up with its competitors. The organization has similar employee benefits as other consultancies.

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Professional company with a fantastic culture

Graduate Consultant - Rail Operations and Facilities (Current Employee) - Brisbane QLD - 8 October 2019

WSP provides employees with opportunity to advance their career within a genuine global company. The company is set up in a way to provide the greatest support for employees and rewards them with a great culture, competitive salary and flexible hours.

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Not as it seems

Finance team (Former Employee) - Sydney NSW - 6 May 2019

WSP, promote work life balance, but are more interested in perception then actually supporting work life balance. Higher management say the right things, but do not deliver on the balance they try to promote.

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Stressful but learnt a lot

Summer Interns & Engineer Trainee (Former Employee) - Brisbane QLD - 26 January 2019

The work style is intense and stressful but I learnt a lot about BS industry over there. Senior members were willing to teach the new engineers but it came with more workloads.

Pros

Long term development

Cons

Long hours

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enjoyable place to work

Receptionist/Administration (Former Employee) - Melbourne VIC - 18 July 2018

enjoyed working there for 5 months in a temp role. The other staff were friendly and welcoming. The management were a little less friendly, though not rude.

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Very nice company to work for

Graduate Engineer (Current Employee) - Melbourne VIC - 6 February 2018

Really good people, mostly outgoing people, management sucks, good hours, no long hours, easy to take leave, a lot of training provided, upper management doesnt really care tho. Only with my team

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Great Workplace and People

Project Document Controller (Current Employee) - Perth WA - 5 July 2017

Lovely company and lovely people. Everyone is friendly, professional people and everyone works well together even under pressure. Management is approachable and helpful. Working hours are flexible. This is one of the very few companies I have worked at where you receive recognition for your work.

Pros

Flexible Hours. Approachable Management Team. Great Teamwork.

Cons

Mmore structure will be great, Management to act a bit tougher when targets are not reached.

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Very fast paced position.

Document Controller / Relief Receptionist (Former Employee) - North Sydney, NSW - 4 November 2014

Looking after all incoming and outgoing documents/drawings. Liaising with Manila to ensure documents/drawings were drafted in time for customers. I learnt a lot at WSP, I hadn't worked in that position before working there and was shown every aspect of that job. I learnt how to read drawings that were being sent for drafting to Manila. I learnt how important it is in that industry to ensure that all documents are superseded and up to date no matter what. My manager and everybody in my team were a delight to work with. I only left this position as I was seeking a job that was paying more. The hardest part of my job would have been the beginning when I was learning the way in which they done everything there. The most enjoyable part of my job was when work was very consistent and we all worked as a team to ensure drawings we uploaded and sent out in time.