BMT Group Reviews

4.0

77% would recommend to a friend

(230 total reviews)

Sarah Kenny

82% approve of CEO

66% positive business outlook

BMT Group has an employee rating of 4.0 out of 5 stars, based on 230 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The BMT Group employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Management and consulting industry (3.7 stars).

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230 reviews
2.0
10 Feb 2021

Avoid.

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Pros

Decent job security and some good people trying to make things better.

Cons

Multiple years of bad leadership and poor decisions focussing the business purely on maritime engineering and defence have left it very vulnerable and the pandemic has been used as a cover to strip back employee benefits to maintain this rather than focus on growing profitable and successful business areas. Leadership is centralised at board level meaning the impact of decisions are not well understood with no apparent interest either. Salary cuts, no bonus for 3 years and now a salary freeze for 2 1/2 years is trashing morale but we are still required to work harder than ever to generate cash for the board to waste. Training budgets have been slashed and we are so short staffed we cannot develop new clients to give employees any variety. There is no value to being a mutual - I have no say, no reward for my efforts and no incentive to succeed.

1.0
29 Apr 2025

Mass redundancies

Recommend
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Pros

The company used to be a good inclusive place to work but that is long gone.

Cons

Multiple mass redundancies across the business. Nearly half the workforce gone in less than 12-months and more to come - with high attrition from extremely poor leadership decisions. Unable to reach financial targets, so unable to pay suppliers and continuing to reduce costs making it the employees problem to earn. Some of the leadership team are pretty abusive, and morale across the business is suffering.

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BMT Group Response
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Thank you for sharing your perspective. While we welcome feedback, both positive and negative, we feel it’s important to correct several factual inaccuracies in this review. We acknowledge that the recent redundancy programme has been difficult for some. However, it affected a small number of employees across a workforce of over 1,300. Decisions were made following a careful and structured process, with support provided to those impacted. These changes were necessary to ensure the long-term sustainability of the business and reflect shifts in market demand. Claims regarding financial mismanagement, such as late supplier payments, are entirely inaccurate. BMT maintains strong financial discipline and has consistently met its supplier obligations. Allegations about abusive leadership behaviour are taken extremely seriously. We have clear, confidential channels for raising concerns, and we act decisively where any inappropriate conduct is substantiated. We remain committed to a culture of respect, inclusion, and support. As a company, we are proud of our people and their contributions, and we continue to invest in our teams and workplace culture. If the author of this review would like to raise any concerns through appropriate channels, we encourage them to do so. Otherwise, we ask that public commentary be respectful and factually accurate, in line with Glassdoor’s community standards.
2.0
22 Feb 2022
Recommend
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Pros

- Flexible working - Everyone is nice - Easy workload, people at BMT are not overworked. - Some projects can be interesting. An good place to work if you are looking to keep your head down.

Cons

- BMT is very slow to adapt - Management are not open enough, and feel quite old-fashioned in their management style - Seemingly not willing to invest in the future. A lot of talk about it but not actual action - Struggles with an identity in a remote world - Weak USP I would recommend working at BMT in some circumstances, but would not recommend it widely.

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