Hands down best benefits but little work life balance - Assistant Superintendent McCarthy Building Employee Review

3.0
Jan 14, 2012
Recommend
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Pros

Best Benefits Insurance 401K match 19% company stock Work only in Texas (no traveling out of state) Hire good talent, great co-workers Good bonus during good times

Cons

The field struggles with work life balance. They move staff around too much. Understaff jobs. Have way too many initiatives (green, BIM, quality, safety, etc) and do not get the overhead or man the jobs to support the initiates. The directors of these initiatives seem to push work onto the field staff and complain that the initiatives are not being taken seriously. Lots of training, but it is all mandatory and their is little time between the staff size and initiatives to do it during regular hours. So they ask you to do it online after hours and on Saturdays (mandatory Saturday safety meetings 4 per year, 7am -12pm and sometimes till 3pm). Do not seem to be forward thinking (field staff do not have smart phones in this division). Slow to promote, but hires in at levels where there are people ready to promote to. No or minimal raises in the last 5 years.

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Cons

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4.0
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Pros

Great company culture, exposure to some amazing projects, project teams are fantastic, camaraderie with your team, great resources and onboarding to ensure you learn to do your job well. ESOP and bonuses are great.. if you stick it out long enough.

Cons

Pay is not as competitive as other GC's, you can be relatively underpaid as they rely too heavily on preaching about the ESOP (which takes you 5 years to even be fully vested). Can be very political and leadership kinda plays favorites, some people who dont deserve it get promoted quick and others who do deserve it never get promoted. Long work hours and depending on the jobsite it can be pretty high-stress (but thats just construction for ya).

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