Does Colas Rail pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Colas Rail employees rate their compensation and benefits as 2.8 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Colas Rail. This rating has improved by 10% over the last 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Colas Rail?

84% of Colas Rail employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated Colas Rail 3.9 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.9 for culture and values and 3.9 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Colas Rail?

Conducteur De Travaux (9) , Project Manager (6) , Train Driver (5) , Chef De Projet (4) , Manager (4) , Ingénieur Travaux (3) , Stagiaire (3) , Acheteur (2) , Administrative Assistant (2) , Automation Engineer (2) , BIM Coordinator (2) , Bid Engineer (2) , Buyer (2) , Chargé De Communication (2) , Chief Accountant (2)

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

"Good work culture." ((in 4 reviews)); "Friendly people" ((in 4 reviews)); "2. Flexible hours" ((in 3 reviews)); "Stability, growth opportunities, very decent salaries" ((in 3 reviews)); "Great Teams to work with...." ((in 3 reviews))

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

"Bad management" ((in 11 reviews)); "Boys club culture, no real structure to graduate scheme days where receptionist duties were given just for something to do" ((in 3 reviews)); "Working for Colas you will have no work life balance." ((in 3 reviews)); "mauvaise communication interne au sein des filiales" ((in 3 reviews)); "Senior management were not nice, lots of redundancies." ((in 2 reviews))

What are the top reviewed Colas Rail locations?

London , Rugby , Birmingham , Manchester , Derby , Bedford , Acton , Bristol , Newcastle upon Tyne , Sutton , Glasgow , Hoo , Wakefield , Liverpool , Wimbledon , Wales

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Colas Rail reviews

3.9

84% would recommend to a friend

(69 total reviews)

Jean-Pierre Bertrand

Not enough data to show CEO approval

37% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

4.2

Diversity & inclusion

4.2

Senior management

3.9

Culture & values

3.9

Work/Life balance

3.9

Career opportunities

2.8

Compensation and benefits

Colas Rail has an employee rating of 3.9 out of 5 stars, based on 69 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Colas Rail employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Transportation and logistics industry (3.4 stars).

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Reviews by job title

69 reviews

4.0

Oct 6, 2025

Good

Ole engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Pay, Leadership, support, job security,

Cons

Work / Life balance, much admin

Colas Rail Response

1mo

Thanks so much for taking the time to share your experience — it’s great to hear you feel positively about the pay, leadership, support, and job security here. That’s really important to us, and we’re glad it’s coming through in your day-to-day experience. We also appreciate your honest feedback around work–life balance and admin. We know these areas can make a big difference, and we’re continuing to look for ways to improve how we support our teams. Thanks again for your feedback and for being part of the team — it really helps us keep improving.

3.0

May 9, 2016

PA to CEO

Personal assistant to the chief executive

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

They provide excellent infrastructure work for the client

Cons

They used to be a good company, but the Leadership now have no direction

3.0

Dec 14, 2015

Decent company to start your career but lack of management

Grad trainee to full time position

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Good development and training plan provided when I joined the company. Good grad pay with an increase every 6 months (performance based) Good company to start your career Some good technical people to work with Good work life balance Flexible hours Good pension + medicals Travelling paid for business purposes

Cons

Management is very poor in this company Lost so many design projects to other companies due to poor bidding/management. So many staff left due to this. I was promised a promotion about 5 months ago, but still not in effect although they promise backlogging the pay HR/higher authority response is sometimes poor and delayed Lots of positive talk during brief but that is not always the reality Some staff are not that experienced and the company doesn't do enough to get them more experience

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