Turner Construction reviews

There is a reason it is called 'the Big Machine that is Turner'. It is such a large company that it takes a lot of time to make positive changes within the company. The compensation is on the lower end of the spectrum for new-hires up to middle management. They do not listen to what people want to do. While needs and availability are key, time-in and time-out I saw them placing people undesirable roles who had said from their first day they wanted to take career path whether that be PM, estimating, Superintending etc, and subsequently ended up quitting because they weren't getting the type of roles that motivated them to want to be there. If you have a manager who you do not get along with, they are the only ones who are formally contributing to your review. They have the ability to rate you on subjective scale, and because they work with you day-in and day-out senior leadership is not quick to identify if they are being objective/fair or not. One bad review will derail an entire career. This particular scenario happened to three separate people (in two different offices) in my time at Turner. While I was fortunate enough to not run into this issue, it was only a matter of time before running in to these types of managers would have occurred because there were so many mid-level managers giving out negative reviews because they didn't know how to effectively manage/motivate their direct reports.

Slow to change. Since the company has been around for over 100 years, they know better than to jump on every new fad or trend. Unfortunately that leaves us a bit behind the times. Some days, going into the office is like going back 20 years (in terms of both attitudes and technology). Execs and senior leaders are too "in the weeds". While they're super-smart, they often weigh in on decisions that are well outside of their area of expertise. The decision making process slows down, or frankly, deteriorates all-together at this stage.