Ferrovial reviews

4.0

78% would recommend to a friend

(294 total reviews)
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Ignacio Madridejos

88% approve of CEO

65% positive business outlook

Ferrovial has an employee rating of 4.0 out of 5 stars, based on 294 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Ferrovial 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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294 reviews
1.0
Jan 21, 2016

Pressure to lie, unachievable goals

Anonymous employee
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Pros

High turnover staff so permanent jobs always available

Cons

Major pressure to lie about project progress for directors (not small lies, big lies!). When you get found out, your manager who pressured you to lie turns it on you and denies all knowledge! This has happened to many people i worked with here and me. Awful place. Managers do not care about you becuse they are to worried about getting fired themselves.

1.0
Feb 16, 2018

A Spanish clique

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

None, unless you are Spanish and have family in senior management positions - in which case you will already work there.

Cons

The company has no staff development strategy beyond a nepotistic promotion and recruitment policy for Spaniards and condescending everyone else. The management are arrogant cowards that will neither take advice from the people they employ to provide guidance or responsibility when things go wrong. The supply chain consists of Spanish companies shoe horned into the British industry meaning meetings will frequently descend into an entirely Spanish discussion with no regard to the English speakers in the room - fine in Spain or South America but a little rude in the UK. The company has very few of its own systems or work practices and relies on those in its joint venture partners, it then blames them for any failings - Spaniards are never wrong. There are no benefits if employed on a UK contract, those on Spanish contracts will have their rent in Chelsea or Earls Court paid, flights home, private healthcare, expenses. Essentially if you're British you're a second class employee and should never forget it. Engineers have been instantaneously sacked for not arranging taxis for certain individuals in the company that it is widely believed can walk on water.

2.0
Aug 15, 2016
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Good rate of pay, majority of staff are friendly, paid on time every week, great bunch of subcontractors just be careful when dealing out with

Cons

A lot of cleeks and backstabbers be careful who you trust as a few staff members have more faces than Big Ben

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