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Granite Construction

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Still Satisfied... - Anonymous employee Granite Construction Employee Review

4.0
Mar 5, 2013
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Granite has experienced significant change over the past five years due to the economy, leadership changes, industry changes and a variety of otherfactors. Throughout this change I believe the organization has remained true to it's core values. There have been challenges with managers and I will say that I may have made different decisions but it does not mean decisions were wrong. I believe the current leadership still has employee interest at heart and the decisions that are made are making the company better. 401(k) was recently increased, we purchased Kenny Construction out of Chicago and employee engagement appears to be increasing. I am compensated fairly and my managers are as respectful as ever of me and the work I do. I receive good recognition and I believe the work I do is valued by the people I work with, up and down the org chart.

Cons

The economic situation has forced leadership to make some very difficult decisions that have not been popular. Structure is still evolving and Granite appears to be struggling with what it wants to be; large projects, small local contractor or materials producer.

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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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