Cumming Group reviews

3.8

73% would recommend to a friend

(269 total reviews)
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Derek Hutchison

91% approve of CEO

70% positive business outlook

Cumming Group has an employee rating of 3.8 out of 5 stars, based on 269 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Cumming Group employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Construction, Repair & Maintenance Services industry (3.7 stars).

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269 reviews
2.0
Dec 20, 2016

Ok, But Room for Improvement Long Term

Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Overall this is a friendly and comfortable place to work. 1. Salary and bonus is good, on par if not slightly higher than other firms. 2. Benefits are above average. 3. People are great for the most part. 4. This is a company for a mid to upper level candidates.

Cons

1. Office management. Offices tend to operate individually which in theory is good but it allows bad managers to flourish as long as profits are made. West coast less so but DC and SC office have particularly high staff turnover due to bad management. 2. Structure is too layered. Too many VPs and directors with too many egos. Very top heavy. 3. Hiring structure seems to be hyper focused on "superstars" from other firms, sometimes pouching clients along the way. Some of these have poor management and poor technical skill sets. A lot of Brits are being hired to exec levels but they struggle as have no experience in the US methodologies, and it shows. 4. Resistance to change. A lot of the established executive level are very resistant to any changes, constructive criticism, feedback and suggestions for improvement. 5. Heavy focus on billable time. They push for 40 to 50+ billable hours per week so there is inevitably some fudging of time entry. Ghost billing by execs is fairly prevalent. Therefore a lot of the utilization metrics are most likely false.

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Cumming Group Response
9y
We appreciate you taking the time to go into so much depth in your experience w/ Cumming. If you'd be up for it, I'd welcome the opportunity to chat with you or set you up to speak w/ our HR group so that we can iron out a few of your suggestions above. Email anytime at sweaver@ccorpusa.com.
4.0
Nov 2, 2016
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Great team and fun work environment

Cons

No real cons. Like the workplace.

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Cumming Group Response
9y
Thanks for your contribution!
5.0
Oct 17, 2016

Great experience

Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

I worked at Cumming on assignment for a client. It was a great experience in the sense that Cumming provides you with resources as needed to execute your job, at the same time giving you autonomy to operate. They trust your judgement and not micromanage. As long as you keep the clients happy, nobody will be looking over your shoulder and in this era of managing knowledge workers, a great plus.

Cons

Clients some times are unpredictable.

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Cumming Group Response
9y
Thanks for this! I think you captured our culture well and maintaining a customer/employee focus is certainly a priority as we continue to scale.
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