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Granite Construction

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Poor management, but lots of positives to working there - Anonymous employee Granite Construction Employee Review

3.0
Sep 10, 2018
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Great coworkers 6% 401(k) match No health insurance premiums for high deductible plan, plus HSA contribution 10 paid holidays and 10 vacation days from the start Nice facilities Company picnics and BBQs Some tuition reimbursement for degree in your field

Cons

Poor mid and upper management CEO doesn't care to get to know people beyond upper management, even at corporate office Slow to change. Too bureaucratic and need approvals from too many people Runs too lean at times so employees are usually expected to get a lot done in 8 hours or work late - workaholic culture Many managers don't want their employees to take longer vacations so they end up maxing out their accrual Disconnect between corporate and field offices Pay could be more competitive for some positions

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Cons

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Pros

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Cons

- management does not communicate at all. They expect you to mind read and meet their expectations perfectly, even while in training like a seasoned veteran . If you don’t, they will fire you with no explanation and a smile on their face. - no formal training program; I was supposed to be trained for 6 months and they cut it 2.5 months and seemed to have held me to the standards of my trainer who had been with the company for over 40 years. I say seemed because again, no communication! - passive aggressive phone calls; management won’t communicate but they do love to call you and make it your fault when they’re having a bad day. - Lack of respect; i was interviewed by 3 of the managers and I could tell which ones chose me/liked me and which ones didn’t. Any recommendations I had to make dispatching smoother fell on deaf ears as I was not taken seriously or treated as a member of the team. It was clear my boss had not chosen me, but was “stuck” with me and was prepping to fire me from the moment training was done. - overtime all day; my day started at 5AM, but I could easily work until 7PM because none of the foreman/superintendents would give me their schedules until 4-5PM if at all despite every day I asked for them between 9-10AM and instead of holding them accountable, my boss told me “that’s just the way it is” which I don’t believe because we were the only region with this problem. Gotta love a boys' club!

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