PCL Construction reviews

9-hour workdays — potentially a benefit for those with a work-centric lifestyle. Work is repetitive and lacks fulfillment. Workplace environment tends to be cliquey. Notable presence of weaponized shadow reporting — both my supervisor and I were targets. In one instance, my supervisor disclosed a false complaint made against them but warned they would deny the conversation if it was ever brought up. I was publicly reprimanded at my workstation by my direct manager and received no follow-up despite reporting the incident. Culture of performative busyness — I was assigned meaningless tasks by my manager that were never used, referenced, or followed up on, even after I made multiple inquiries. HR practices were poorly managed — I was brought in for a supposed “quick chat” after an anonymous tip regarding a harmless interaction with a colleague. The meeting involved leading questions and lacked transparency. When I requested escalation, I was met with a manipulative conversation from the regional manager discouraging further action. After my term ended, I filed an ethics report, but I have yet to receive any update on its outcome.

Worked in estimating department and left because of the disgustingly hypocritical and disrespectful employees, especially within the HR and estimating departments. Favoritism and discrimination are at every corner and there is absolutely NO growth within the company. Unless you are a white male, you are very much screwed and always disrespected. PCL says they are an inclusive company and that’s just false advertisement. They are sexist and would always choose males over females, even when females have superior knowledge and experiences. The estimating team shows little to no respect, and they expect you to remain enthusiastic, maintain your momentum, and take initiatives even after undervaluing their employees to the highest degree. To anyone planning on working here, I advise you to read all the negative comments/reviews because they are the most honest ones, and they will save you your valuable job application time. I kept hearing miserable and immoral stories from past and current employees and they just add to how terrible and unethical the PCL Vancouver office people are. Before joining I didn’t believe all the comments saying PCL stands for “People Come Last,” however now that I have worked there, I couldn’t agree any more with the statement.