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    Black & McDonald Reviews

    Updated 20 July, 2017
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    Black & McDonald Co-CEO Ian McDonald
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    19 Ratings

    36 Employee Reviews

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    1. "power engineer"

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      Current Employee - Power Engineer in Edmonton, AB
      Current Employee - Power Engineer in Edmonton, AB
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      I have been working at Black & McDonald full-time (More than 5 years)

      Pros

      Good company: very focus on safety

      Cons

      working on various sites far from residence

      Advice to Management

      suggest more trainings to workers

    2. "Project Manager"

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      Former Employee - Project Manager in Toronto, ON
      Former Employee - Project Manager in Toronto, ON
      Doesn't Recommend
      Negative Outlook
      No opinion of CEO

      I worked at Black & McDonald full-time (More than 3 years)

      Pros

      This company provides a lot of training and invests a lot on work zone safety and has a great buying power.

      Cons

      No motivation. Year end bonus doesn't present the achievements of your project. Middle level management doesn't care people's good suggestions. When business slows they cut good project management people. Overloaded work and no helop from management. No job security any more.

      Advice to Management

      Pay attention to the people working in the company, not only the profit.

    3. "Culture"

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      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Doesn't Recommend
      Neutral Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      I have been working at Black & McDonald full-time

      Pros

      Culture was great when I joined

      Cons

      Morale has deteriorated- turnover of good employees in the past year

      Advice to Management

      Listen to the employees

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    4. "The Black & McDonald Way"

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      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee

      I worked at Black & McDonald full-time

      Pros

      Great IT team
      Great Family owned company
      A lot of Fully involved people
      Diversity of specialities = diversity of projects

      Cons

      Turnovers in some offices
      That being said, nothing more to differentiate from any similar actors in the Construction industry.

    5. "Project Manager/Supervisor/Estimator"

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      Former Employee - Project Manager in Winnipeg, MB
      Former Employee - Project Manager in Winnipeg, MB
      Recommends
      Neutral Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      I worked at Black & McDonald (More than 10 years)

      Pros

      Varied project experiences. Always learning

      Cons

      Lack of support for overloaded projects

      Advice to Management

      Ensure Project managers are not left exposing the company to liabilities.

    6. "Good company, local branch had issues"

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      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook

      I worked at Black & McDonald full-time

      Pros

      field staff worked well together, helped to get work for other trades, union rates

      Cons

      At the time management in the region was non-existent at best, I've heard recent changes in the past few years have really helped to build back trust and respect

      Advice to Management

      no advice needed, they've already trimmed the fat

    7. "Building Opertator"

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      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee

      Pros

      Good benefit once you become their employees.

      Cons

      There is not much communications between management and employees.Special on the site employees. They feel work for the site company more than work for Black & McDonald.

    8. "Black & Mcdonald"

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      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      I have been working at Black & McDonald full-time (More than 3 years)

      Pros

      Company cares for employees, good benefits, good hours, great coworkers, great environment

      Cons

      Work is seasonal so there are times when it is slow

      Advice to Management

      Listen you your employees concerns. Have more consistency throughout the company (hours, pay, events)

    9. "Project Coordinator"

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      Current Employee - Project Coordinator in Scarborough, ON
      Current Employee - Project Coordinator in Scarborough, ON
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      I have been working at Black & McDonald (More than 3 years)

      Pros

      Great company to begin your career, the work structure keeps you on toes as you have to deal with multiple customer at any given time. Happy work culture and people are willing to help out and show you how they expect certain things to be done.
      Great ERP software to track the progress of your jobs and to effectively manage it. Management focuses on "Working safely" instead of just getting it done is a great asset and it shows management's character and sense care for their employees.

      Cons

      Compensation / salary vs work expectation is comparatively low and could have been better as per the industry standards.

    10. "Black & McDonald Electrical Contracting Company"

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      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee in Scarborough, ON
      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee in Scarborough, ON
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      Pros

      Learned a lot on the job, gave me an opportunity when it was tough to get elsewhere. Great marketable skills received.

      Cons

      Disposable, no incentive to stay. Seems like they use professionals as much as they can for a project and then dispose of them after.

      Advice to Management

      Work on better incentive programs to keep employees. There needs to be better rewards through pay increases.

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