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Toxic “Leadership” Ruining Once Great Company - Director Granite Construction Employee Review

1.0
Jun 15, 2018
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Management convinces a board of directors and shareholders each and every year that money doesn’t matter. What else could explain them approving massive pay days for themselves while ignoring that profit margins can be rounded down to zero!!

Cons

Senior Management claims we are operations-oriented but they fired the Chief Operating Officer in 2017 and last time I checked, they haven't replaced him! CEO reviews and micromanages inconsequential things like equipment and bid pipeline, even for the smaller regions and areas Merit doesn’t matter. Senior management rewards favorites. Turned from family oriented company I was proud to work for into something I don't recognize. Ruined the great company former CEO Bill Dorey built Not agile and thinks "Granite" is best in business. Because of that, they don't change how they do things and can’t articulate a real strategy besides “let’s keep doing the same thing we’ve done for the last 85 years”.

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Cons

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