Fluor Reviews

Former Employee – worked at Fluor full-time for more than 10 years

Pros – It has plenty of project work.

Cons – My experience was that the current global procurement organizaton was promoting individuals based on their ethnicity. I can say it because I am of Asian descent. My husband was caucasian so he was told by his supervisor he did not the certain ethinic that the company was currently looking for. Also it seemed it was easier for a women to get accepted in the Global Business Leadership Team than a man. Again this was my experience.

Advice to Senior Management – The CEO needs to be inform of this.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at Fluor

Pros – Nothing pros about Fluor Corporation

Cons – Poor pay, no promotion, boring city

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at Fluor

Pros – Pay is adequate, benefits are the best I've found. When times are good the company will come up with deecent pay increases.

Cons – Training and advancement are reserved for the fair haired boys. Your supervisor decides the course of your career- not you. If a parent is dying you have to beg for time off to see them and threatened with your job when you do.

Advice to Senior Management – I offered my advice while I worked there and gave that same advice during my exit interview and dismissed as an "emotional woman." Why would I bother doing it again?

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at Fluor

Pros – Fluor offers top pay. There are a lot of good people to work with.

Cons – Fluor is a big company and it is easy to get lost in the crowd. The company has a tendancy to hire people and put them in a cubicle and have them do nothing. Fluor does not care because the client gets billed for the time. Flour has a tendancy to overstaff the projects and work inefficiently so that they can bill more hours to the client. Anyone contemplating a job with Fluor has to keep in mind that there is a good chance that you will be placed in a cubicle with nothing to do so that your time can be billed to the customer.

Management is distant from the people that work for them. They go our of their way to avoid interaction with the "worker bees". It is difficult to have a decent discussion with your supervising manager regarding the work you do and your future career.

Advice to Senior Management – Don't be affraid of the people that work for you, you can interact with them every once in a while. Try providing value for your customers instead of trying to bill as many hours as you possibly can.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at Fluor full-time for more than a year

Pros – Good remuneration package with reasonable benefits. You are allowed to work independently and you are allowed to be creative to some extend. Excellent international project opportunities providing you are part of the acceptable political regime

Cons – Senior Management discrimination against potential highly experienced and qualified staff. Inconsistent project travelling policy implementation results in low morale

Advice to Senior Management – Follow your policies and treat your above average employees with respect.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend – I'm not optimistic about the outlook for this company

Former Employee – worked at Fluor as a contractor for less than a year

Pros – R&R bonuses and duration.
Nothing else.

Please note this applies only on Afghanistan section and not the Fluor in general.

Cons – Bad management who came on the position through "whom do you know rather than how qualified are you" method.
Poor organization in general, lack of business support on the FOBs, poor training and development, poor safety culture and standards.
No advancement opportunities... for OCNs especially.
OCNs in general have less rights than expats: no cellphone, no computer, no gym, 3 times lower salary, general discrimination by management, etc.
But most important... extremely low recruiting standards!
Here's my experience: My recruiter on the interview asked me only two questions: "How was your trip?" and "Do you have any questions?". There were people who did not understood a simplest sentence in English and they were still hired! Only one guy who did not understood the question: "When were you born?" was rejected (1 out of 30). Also people who lied everything but their name in the resume were hired! How can former manual laborer with no English skills whatsoever and no work experience with computers can be hired as a Senior MCS?
Recruiters hired low quality workforce for high demanding positions and that caused majority of the problems.
The "open door" policy here means if you don't like it the doors are always open for you to leave!

Please note this applies only on Afghanistan section and not the Fluor in general.

Advice to Senior Management – Resign and take your recruiters with you. That's where all your problem started!

Please note this applies only on Afghanistan section and not the Fluor in general.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at Fluor

Pros – the good part is close to my home

Cons – leadership is poor for this comany as I know

Advice to Senior Management – career development

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at Fluor

Pros – Just salary, they really pay good rate for staff and contractors

Cons – For money you are paid they expect you to be below low profile and never show your abilities, experience of ideas.

Advice to Senior Management – Improve control for Section heads, check up on people's personal profiles, you will find something really new about what is going on inside of your departments.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at Fluor

Pros – Work and life balance of the "chargeable hours" environment.

Cons – Lack of competent management and leadership. Inconsistent procedures and follow-through. Lack of respect towards client priorities.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at Fluor

Pros – Pay and time off the project for R & R
Diversity getting to meet new people
Traveling get to see the world

Cons – Management has no clue how to operate the data base they run.
Promotions are givin based on how much of a friend you are to the boss and not based on time on project and knowledge
If you do know what your doing you will move around to fix everyones mistakes
If you are friends with the right people you can be a AO manager for some groups even if you just got in country.

Advice to Senior Management – To be fair with promotions
Dont move your problem employees around and get the good ones to fix there mistakes
Your managers should have a basic knowledge of the jobs they are over

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend