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Douglas Company

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Great at some things, Struggle with others - Assistant Project Manager Douglas Company Employee Review

4.0
Feb 16, 2019
Recommend
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Pros

Offers incredible amount of training opportunities that the company will pay for. Company culture is set up in such a way that younger folks get a lot of opportunities and responsibilities that you normally wouldn’t at other comparable companies. Some very talented people. I felt pay was great, above average for industry. Great bonus (most years). Lots of opportunities to get on the job site. I believe next round of senior management and president are great people and will bring great things for the company. Company lays out really well your promotion goals so you have something to work towards. Yearly salary increases based on merit.

Cons

No real safety program or safety training. That was biggest surprise when starting. Regular travel to job sites could get obnoxious and hurt work-life balance. Company has sometimes been known as an accounting company who also builds things. I found this to be an accurate description. Accounting processes are way over the top and in many cases time wasters. Most of the accounting folks I got to know felt the same way. Internal processes sometimes got in our own way. Many times contractors were not getting paid in a timely fashion and it was not the contractors fault, it was our own processes. I’m never worked for a company with such tedious accounting and I’ve worked for far larger companies/corporations. The downfall of the promotions schedules is I feel some people were promoted too soon and my own promotion schedule was often unrealistic. Average age of project managers is much lower than most companies leading to inexperience compared to other similar contractors. More senior level project managers with more experience are needed. Lots of turnover.

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Pros

everyone there is super friendly and helpful

Cons

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Pros

Training is available and encouraged

Cons

Long hours can take a toll

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