Downer reviews

3.3

47% would recommend to a friend

(961 total reviews)
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Peter Tompkins

71% approve of CEO

42% positive business outlook

Downer has an employee rating of 3.3 out of 5 stars, based on 961 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Downer employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Construction, repair and maintenance industry (3.7 stars).

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961 reviews
1.0
Oct 12, 2022
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

None, I can't think of 1 good reason

Cons

Bullying is rife - in my first year I was the support person for 3 separate bullying cases and a constructive dismissal case. Sexism and sexual harrassment was a daily occurrence for women in the engineering and front line roles. Even when reported, nothing was done. They hire inexperienced cheap engineers, flog them and then spit them out. The financial records were cooked by Depot Managers to cover up the substantial losses. Again these instances were reported and never actioned. My manager asked me to skew the incident numbers and when I declined I was shunned. Construction managers disobey safety requirements regularly and encourage their engineers to do the same thing. Over work their shift workers, especially the night shift crews.

2.0
Mar 24, 2014

work hard, forever.

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

alright starting rate, comprehensive health and safety equipment and induction. Overtime rates paid, so good if you want to work non stop and pay a bill. Great company values, on paper.

Cons

Lack of vital tools (not related to H&S, just tools to do the job.) No support compulsory overtime underhanded tricks to squeeze you out if you don't lap up the 70+ hours a week. Not a forever job and no time allowed to live your life or find something else.

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