DOWL reviews

4.2

93% would recommend to a friend

(134 total reviews)

Jeffrey Shoemaker, P.E.

92% approve of CEO

91% positive business outlook

DOWL has an employee rating of 4.2 out of 5 stars, based on 134 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an excellent working experience there. The DOWL 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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134 reviews
3.0
May 22, 2022

reduced benefits

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

stable job if you can accept the reduced benefits and temporary layoffs

Cons

reduced benefits 401K, company stock, medical/dental/vision lower annual increases after merger

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DOWL Response
4y
I am sorry that your employment experience with DOWL did not live up to your expectations. DOWL's last merger/acquisition was in 2018. I do not know your specific situation, but I can tell you that we put incredible amounts of energy into blending the benefit plans of the two former firms, and minimizing anyone damaged by the benefit blending process. It is unfortunate that our process pushed you backwards.
4.0
Apr 10, 2022

Good people

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Good people, fun company events, relatively good benefits

Cons

turnover with employees of less than 5 years

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DOWL Response
4y
Thanks for the review, and yes we have a turnover rate among some segments of our company that are unacceptably high. We are working diligently to create an environment that makes more staff long haulers. I could make a bunch of excuses and "great resignation" and lack of loyalty and such, but this is on me/us to welcome people to this company and make the notion of leaving unthinkable. We will get there!
3.0
Dec 10, 2021

DOWL

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Good people to work with

Cons

Compensation and benefits were not as good after the merger

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DOWL Response
4y
Thanks for the comment, although I am sorry that the score is so mediocre. First, you are correct, the great people we work with is what attracts most of us to DOWL, and keeps us here. Regarding the compensation and benefits issue, I assume the merger that you are talking about is with OBEC back in the Fall of 2018. First, I will admit that benefits were adjusted on both the DOWL and OBEC side to blend into something different than either of us had before. And of course, there are some that benefitted from this blending, and there were some that may have seen negative adjustments. We worked our darnedest to minimize those, and on balance we tried to sweeten other aspects of compensation (401K contribution, healthcare opt-out bonus, contribution to HSA, year end bonus, etc.). But, I cannot say that in aggregate there were not some that experienced a rollback. I encourage you to speak with your manager about this or those in the PD. Or you can contact me directly and perhaps I can help.
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