Great people and opportunities but ironically racist. - Project Engineer McKinstry Employee Review

3.0
Sep 23, 2022
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Pros

The sense of community is strong and people are really excellent to work with. The work balance is great, you can be a workaholic if you want to but nobody will force you to be. People like each other enough to hang out outside of work.

Cons

While projects , budgets, and schedules are generally managed pretty well, and peak workloads are shared when needed (vs tons of overtime), there are top down issues. The company has really been swayed in recent years by political correctness, the woke corporate consultant industries, and has gotten pretty political, alienation many in tue company. Being a Seattle-led company it’s pretty clear that the leadership is happy to push their views down the line, which distracts the focus of the company and is frankly inappropriate. It’s all in a veil of being inclusive but it actually creates a racist and inequitable workplace by creating a company that makes decisions such as promotions and training opportunities based on optics and some sense of equity instead of merit (this is the very definition of racism, ironically). They pat themselves on the back for all of this, not realizing that they are actually (and ironically) creating a workplace where people can’t achieve their career goals because of the color of their skin.

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5.0
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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
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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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