Does Colas pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Colas employees rate their compensation and benefits as 3.8 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Colas. This rating has decreased by 3% over the last 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Colas?

75% of Colas employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated Colas 3.3 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.4 for culture and values and 3.4 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Colas?

Conducteur De Travaux (44) , Stagiaire (22) , Ingénieur Travaux (19) , chef de chantier (15) , Acheteur (14) , Ingénieur Stagiaire (12) , Project Manager (11) , Ingénieur Travaux débutant (10) , Stage Ingénieur (10) , Ingénieur (8) , assistant conducteur de travaux (8) , Ouvrier (6) , Chauffeur poids lourd (5) , Chef De Projet (5) , Etudiant En Alternance (5)

What are the pros of working at Colas according to real employee reviews?

"Good people and perks." ((in 11 reviews)); "Good benefits and learning." ((in 9 reviews)); "Great teams to work with" ((in 6 reviews)); "great pay" ((in 5 reviews)); "good work/life balance" ((in 5 reviews))

What are the cons of working at Colas according to real employee reviews?

"Le management ne convient pas" ((in 21 reviews)); "Des fois le manque de communication et d'informations" ((in 13 reviews)); "Long hours during the summer" ((in 6 reviews)); "Poor management (senior management in particular) No investment in training or development then complain when you don’t do certain tasks to a certain standard" ((in 4 reviews)); "The manager told me depression was common and I have to overcome it." ((in 3 reviews))

Colas reviews

3.7

75% would recommend to a friend

(195 total reviews)

Pierre VANSTOFLEGATTE

77% approve of CEO

47% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

3.8

Compensation and benefits

3.5

Diversity & inclusion

3.4

Culture & values

3.4

Career opportunities

3.3

Work/Life balance

3.3

Senior management

Colas has an employee rating of 3.7 out of 5 stars, based on 195 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Colas employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Construction, Repair & Maintenance Services industry (3.6 stars).

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Reviews by job title

195 reviews

1.0

Apr 23, 2025

Stay away - Can't trust CFO or Upper Management

Accounting/finance

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Hard Working people, very smart people

Cons

An employee based in the company headquarters office who was well respected and well liked was let go within a couple weeks of having an additional person report to him and attended a one week training course paid by the company the previous week. How can anyone trust this company?

5.0

Nov 15, 2022

great company that cares about its employees

Financial controller

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Company clearly cares about its employees

Cons

Seasonality of the job makes it hard to spend time with family in the summer.

2.0

Oct 6, 2022

Run run run this is not a good job

Lead driver/supervisor

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Insurance is ok. That's it

Cons

Ok this is about Simon a Colas Subsidiary. Life at Simon sucks, management are retards and don't communicate. Most of the equipment is broken and they blame those lower down. Pay ain't great - they get it right most of the time but for a good check expect to work 70hrs a week. They force dispatch drivers in defective equipment because they can't, won't or didn't fix it properly - over and over again. When it goes wrong they blame those lower down who told them it wouldn't work and then write them up. Drivers are subutly pressured to not write up defective equipment. Drinking on the job is an open secret. Safety in name only (SINO) is the name of the game. Management are either drunk, inempt or incompetent as it's impossible that they could be this bad unless it's on purpose.

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