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 Servicios de construcción, reparación y mantenimiento industry (3.7 stars).

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294 reviews
1.0
Feb 16, 2018

A Spanish clique

Anonymous employee
Recommend
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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
Nov 16, 2017

Project Manager - Construction

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Interesting projects and opportunities to move around if you’re interested.

Cons

Americans are at an extreme disadvantage. Americans are paid SIGNIFICANTLY less than Spaniards doing the same job. Americans pay more for the benefits they have, and have significantly less benefits than Spanish employees. Mid to upper level management is almost 100% Spanish, so as an American you have ceiling that you hit very quickly. As far as construction management is concerned, the young Spanish employees that are brought in have only one objective: profit. They are willing to burn subcontractors, the relationship with the DOT, and anyone that gets in their way from making a name for themselves. In the end, they don’t care, they’ll be back in Spain in a few years. Their systems are archaic, and rely almost exclusively on Excel. The culture is highly combative, arrogant, and condescending. Also, they are not geographically stable. They build a staff for a project, and if at the end they don’t have another one they cut everybody loose.

2.0
Jan 23, 2023
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Learning opportunities, mostly nice coworkers

Cons

Senior management is arrogant and patriarchal. Ignore and disrespect US employees. Will not acknowledge experience and expertise unless you are Spanish. Excessive overtime without any rewards or appreciation. HR is very over staffed and provide no support to employees in other understaffed departments.

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