Many Employees Are Considered "Pawns" - Project Manager McKinstry Employee Review

2.0
May 31, 2015
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Nice PDX office. Nice PDX West Side office...when it was open. Pay is average. Benefits are good.

Cons

Out of touch management. Unit managers lack leadership ability and experience. Company does not have the reputation they claim to have within the construction industry. Very, very high employee turn-over. Many unit managers consider employees to be pawns: to be sacrificed whenever the unit manager needs a "scapegoat". Estimating in both mechanical and electrical is seen as "overhead" and only marginally necessary. Still use very, very archaic estimating methods like excel spreadsheets! Very behind the times!

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Cons

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