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Granite Construction

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Good place to develop - Field Engineer Granite Construction Employee Review

4.0
Jun 19, 2008
Recommend
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Pros

This is one of the Forbes Top 500 Companies to work for. They provide good training and development programs. The ability to get exposed to the both public and private construction work is easily obtainable. Most management is ready and willing to help you develop. Senior management encourages lower management to continue to develop their employees so it’s not hard to locate a mentor in the company. They are willing to work with you in discovering new positions with in the company. They are a company that will do what they say and will uphold their promises to you. In the smaller branches there is a sense of comradely.

Cons

Some of the downsides of working in this company are the long work hours. Even though is not required, in order to perform as expected, work weeks range from 60 to 70 hours. Depending on the department you work it may require constant relocation every 2 to 3 years. Their health benefits are great if you are single but are not enough in you are married especially if you have children. The company keeps growing is it is becoming too corporate in its stile. And at times, in some departments, it seems their employees are nothing more than a number.

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Pros

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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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