PCL Construction reviews

4.0

78% would recommend to a friend

(1,276 total reviews)
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89% approve of CEO

71% positive business outlook

PCL Construction has an employee rating of 4.0 out of 5 stars, based on 1,276 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The PCL Construction employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Servicios de construcción, reparación y mantenimiento industry (3.7 stars).

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1.0
May 5, 2017

Yet another org restructure in Business Technology

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Employer ownership. That's it! There are still a few old school employees that value the PCL culture, but they are becoming hard to find.

Cons

CIO is failing in a bad way. Multiple organizational restructuring, demotions, firings, and promoting unqualified people who are yes men to the CIO. was once a great company, now is a horrible environment and it is directly related to Mark Bryant coming in as CIO. PCL Executives are very smart so it is strange they can't see the mistake they made hiring this Toronto Native. He doesn't embrace or even value PCL's culture.

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It is disappointing to see that this is your perception of PCL’s business technology team. I would appreciate it if you contacted me directly or through glassdoor@pcl.com to give us an opportunity to directly address your concerns.
1.0
Aug 7, 2012

False promises and fake benefits, pcl= people come last.

Anonymous employee
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Pros

You are desperate, and gullible. It's them or the street, or you just love being taken advantage of by a nepotism infested company. It's a paycheck-usually.

Cons

In-house benefit administrators that don't know their jobs, or the laws related to their jobs. Consistently broken agreements. Left hand and right hand of company have no idea the other exists, much less what they are doing.

2.0
Aug 10, 2010
Recommend
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Pros

1. Excellent health care (best I have ever seen)! 2. Employee owned so the dividends are nice. 3. The business model PCL wants to follow is commendable. 4. Very diverse in scopes of work and people.

Cons

1. Long hours are very common (10-14Hr days avg), think very hard if you are willing to sacrifice your family for a larger paycheck and dividend. Most of the upper ranks are either single or just constantly working and moving all around the country with their families or letting their staff support their 7 hour day. In the end I made about $6/Hr. and lost years of my life trying to be a loyal/honest/very hard working employee. 2. No loyalty to their employees, willing to let people go easily with little or no notice. Sometimes I saw this happen to new and old employees who had just invested thousands of dollars in the stocks only to lose money shortly thereafter when let go unexpectedly. Some were good employees fresh out of college. 3. Little to no training for ALL employees wanting to learn and grow. Opportunities were limited to a select few, politics and immaturity at senior levels are evident within some districts so be ready.

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