Workplace rewards mediocrity and lacks competitive pay - Account Executive McKinstry Employee Review

1.0
May 25, 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

If you're into working out with your coworkers or basketball they have those options onsite. The less you produce the less stress you'll have, they appreciate mediocrity so don't worry about your position.

Cons

- Salary is lower than industry average across the board. - Management believes they have enough of a reputation and have created a mousetrap that they don't need or really want A players. - They'll talk at the recruiting level about their bonus structure. Don't believe it bonuses are 2-3k across the board. Doesn't matter what you do or how you perform they bonus everyone the same. - Really convoluted and dysfunctional 'leadership'. - If you're new don't expect to ever gain entry into the upper management ranks, those books are closed to outsiders. - Try to sell and run work in the company and you'll be horrified at what the results are. - Ownership is pushing for income taxation in WA state. - Sales is odd, by this I mean it is either older PM's who have a customer base they sell to, or it is a beauty contest. That's the strategy. Some GC's are friendly, many in the market have had bad experiences and don't really want to consider 'big blue' for work. Owner makes a lot of behind the scenes donations and deals to keep work coming in the door, selling on the merits of the companies production rates or competencies is difficult to say the least. Not unusual in the Seattle market honestly. Their work is almost all GMP where the number you sell is highly inflated and there's no motivation to track or maintain good contractors practices, it's just about coming in below whatever number you can inflate and sell. - It's a tough place to work as an 8-10 year experience level unless you spent that whole time at McKinstry and drank the kool-aid. - The CEO likes to do quarterly conversations about how well the company is doing, but that conversation seems to only be for two thirds of the year, then it's silence because they don't believe in compensation because they built the mousetrap that is amazing and don't do real profit sharing. - It's a family business, and you're not in the family.

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5.0
Jun 29, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

People oriented company, good culture.

Cons

Competitive salaries but low incentive pay compared to other contractors.

1.0
Jul 16, 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Decent salary and PTO policy Onsite gym for a fair monthly price Cool rooftop golf setup Nice little taco truck nearby outside

Cons

This place has extremely poor leadership and is very toxic at every level. Prepare to be micromanaged, ignored, gaslit, and shown zero empathy for heavy workload or personal emergencies by mediocre middle managers. Principals are checked out and are too busy creating new promotions for themselves and drinking wine at the CEO’s ranch. The bonus structure and profit sharing is laughable and a complete lie from what is listed on Workday. Annual raises aren’t even competitive to inflation. The C-suite executives are only focused on blatant nepotism for their own kids and relatives. HR puts people last and only cares about the company image (typical at most companies but they don’t even try to sugarcoat it). They force people to come in (3) days a week but they don’t even have enough parking. There is a cafe that sells mediocre food with typical expensive Seattle prices. The healthcare package is complicated, expensive, and relatively unknown to all providers. As a billion dollar company, they go cheap on the company holiday party and literally just host it at the office.

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