Salary at Arup Australia

I feel that for my experience I am probably on the lower side of pay for a person in my profession. Since I have been at the company for 5 years now (as an intern for the majority) I feel that I have more experience and knowledge than my fellow graduates so feel that I should be getting paid more than them. 1 graduate who was in the same position as me having been at the company for the same amount of time as me and then started the program with me left the company at the start of this year and received a not insignificant pay rise from our salary at Arup. While I do enjoy working at Arup, pay is the major thing that would make me leave the company. We have also received very few bonuses recently through the profit share at the company due to poor performance in other areas of the company which is frustrating as my team are performing really well.

OK

Profit share is unstable, making the total salary slightly under industry benchmark. However, the experience gained in this company is invaluable.

Could be better

There are share incentives within the company. Uncertain about bonuses. Pay seems adequate and similar to other similar companies.

Least competitive offer I have received by a sizeable margin.

The pay is slightly under average but this is because we receive a profit share

The pay is average for a grad with my degree. The bonuses are usually what makes higher salaries in our office competitive with other jobs, however, when bonuses are low the pay is no longer competitive. Most people seem to choose this company for the ethics and opportunities rather than the pay.

Pay and salary is below market value and competitors. The bi-annual profit share system, gives an "expected" bonus to our pay to get us to a similar level (but still less) than our competitors, however over the last 2 years this value has been extremely close to and equal to 0 multiple times.

No individual incentive schemes

Pay is average as we are not a mining company - standard graduate pay

I think pay is comparative and the profit share rather than a bonus is a really nice feature that I think helps with team morale/unity.

Arup does profit share twice a year which is nice. but some other benefits/bonus such as bike and solar panel loans are underutilized. The pay appears average compared to jobs at other companies. I can also buy (salary sacrifice) leave to get extra days of leave.

Fair pay and plenty of bonuses.

Bonuses in the form of profit share are good, however our salary in comparison to other leading engineering firms is low.

Pay too low. bonus structure is frustrating as not linked to individual performance

The pay and promotions system could be more transparent, but it appears efforts are underway to improve this.

It is equal and fair. You are provided with plenty of opportunity to grow your wage.

The pay and bonuses are pretty good at my company however I am aware that we are on the lower end of industry average.

Pay is not the main reason I work there

The company is generally quite generous with the leave policy giving more than the mandating amount of leave for various things including compassionate leave. They also give a day off for our birthdays which is really nice to have. In addition, we are able to easily purchase additional leave, which is just unpaid leave but splits it over the year which is really nice to be able to do. The profit share is also a nice bonus to have when the company is doing well.

Profit share

Free events, both company organised and external (e.g. BrisFest)

profit share - although highly volatile

Free breakfast on Wednesday!

None that are relevant to grads.

We get 1 day a year of birthday leave which can be taken any day within 5 days of your birthday.

We are provided with 4 hours paid leave for NAIDOC week events. Other countries get leave for volunteering however Australian offices only get leave for emergency volunteering i.e. CFS. Larger offices have blood banks come to them and more perks but due to the comparatively small size on my office, we have lesser perks. In theory opportunities for short or long-term assignments in other offices are great but accessing them seems challenging.

A lot of events

Generic work benefits (e.g. 5% vouchers for stores). Birthday leave - 1 additional day near your birthday each year "flexible" hours, meaning you can do more hours at certain stages of the month to hit an average of 37.5hrs a week (PENDING MANAGER APPROVAL)

Free lunch with social events about once a week. Free breakfast bar and iced tea in the afternoon

Day off on your birthday

Subsidized coffee, lots of free food, generous paternal leave, opportunities to work overseas

They have an organics and soft plastics bins at the office. They do some pro bono work. Organize free social activities (e.g. end of year team party to go axe-throwing and have dinner was paid for by the company).

Birthday Leave and profit share (a bonus twice a year)

Arup puts on lots of talks and training sessions and shares knowledge around the world extremely well - I would consider this as one of the best perks. I believe moving expenses are covered if moving overseas or interstate.

Flexible hours, discounted coffee

Monthly flex, birthday leave, additional leave purchase