Good Wellness Program, No Work Life Balance, Boys Club - Project Engineer McCarthy Building Employee Review

3.0
Jun 24, 2019
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Executive leadership is great and supportive, HR is helpful and responsive, good wellness program.

Cons

Executive leadership advocates for Project Engineers and promotes Project Engineer development; however, (at the project level) development and promotion is not encouraged. There is a gap between what is being promoted by executives and at the project level. The most important thing is face time, meaning, how long you sit at your desk. It feels like a "good boys club". At the project level, there is a lot of resistance to using technology. There is NO work-life balance. I "worked" (sat at my desk) 60+hours/week.

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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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