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      Holder Construction

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      Holder Construction reviews

      3.9

      84% would recommend to a friend

      (329 total reviews)

      Beth Lowry

      97% approve of CEO

      78% positive business outlook

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      Holder Construction has an employee rating of 3.9 out of 5 stars, based on 329 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Holder Construction employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Construction, Repair & Maintenance Services industry (3.7 stars).

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      329 reviews
      1.0
      Nov 3, 2019

      Do not waste your time and talent here.

      Preconstruction engineer
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      You are given much responsibility and learn a lot.

      Cons

      Work Life Balance: You are expected to work 60-70 hours a week on average-doesn’t matter if you are in the field or in the office. You are constantly under a lot of pressure and overloaded with work. You are expected to work well past 10 hours a day, and if you attempt to leave after 8 hours, you will get looks from managers (sometimes may even get stopped by them on your way out ). Work Environment: There is no true leadership in the company. People are conditioned to be workers and work under scrutiny constantly. Their tactic is to instill fear so that they can mold employees into whatever image best suits them. Many people with the title of VP or Senior Manager have no real leadership skills. They hold these positions because they learned to keep their heads down when getting yelled at by upper management, and trample over people with the same title or beneath them as soon as they get an opportunity. Camaraderie between field staff and the office is nonexistent-field staff is treated like less and lives in constant fear because of management. There is absolutely no diversity within this company. I’d say it’s a 50:1 ratio of Caucasian to any other minorities with no one of color in any sort of leadership position. Pay: When comparing the number of hours worked to salary given by Holder, employees are vastly underpaid. After leaving Holder, I personally was paid 15k more with better benefits for the same exact position at a different company (not including a 15k bonus and an existentially much better work life balance). Do not let their fancy projects and technology lure you in. Truthfully 70% of projects are data centers (which are basically ugly box buildings). Do not waste your time and talent on this company. Leaving was a great decision.

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      Holder Construction Response
      5y
      Thank you for sharing your feedback. Holder’s associate growth strategy involves promoting and hiring internally. To ensure we have a pipeline of associates available to step up and fill vacant positions, we give associates great responsibility and valuable experience early on in their career. This responsibility inherently comes with longer hours, but not at the expense of work-life balance. Holder encourages all associates to take time each day and utilize PTO throughout the year to unplug and recharge to avoid burnout. We are sorry to hear you felt intimidated and unable to do so, and we encourage associates to have conversations with their manager should workload become unmanageable. Holder is the leading data center contractor in the country, and they comprise 28% of current and past projects in our portfolio. We are proud to be trusted by numerous blue chip clients to construct their highly complex and critical infrastructure. The remaining 72% of our project portfolio consists of diverse product types in various markets including higher education, aviation, hospitality, and corporate and commercial office buildings. Company leadership is dedicated to tackling the lack of diversity within the construction industry and at Holder. We have assembled a dedicated team to lead our diversity and inclusion initiative, and on-going, company wide inclusion training. Holder has a dedicated diversity and inclusion officer, who solely focuses on increasing the diversity in our offices and on our job sites. Our D&I officer directly supports our diverse Holder associates, many of which we recruit directly from several HBCUs across the country. Additionally, Holder has established a community foundation to support social justice with an associate advisory board.
      1.0
      Oct 31, 2019

      No life and brainwashing mentality

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      The people are nice. If you are into long long hours and challenging work this is the place for you. Some nice projects. Working with the best of the best clients in the industry

      Cons

      Definetly one of the worst job experiences if you are one of those people who enjoy life then this is not the place for you. The culture promotes working long hours when it's not necessary everyone competing to see who will stay the latest daily. Not a place for minority's or diversity as most of the hires are usually all the same Caucasian. They try to make you work weekends regularly with no additional compensation. Too often would see people working 12-14 hour shifts when you realize all the hours your working usually 60-70 hours a week you realize that you are not getting adequate pay. Overloaded and understaffed at projects constantly. People quit constantly and instead of replacing they simply pass the work to a current employee and overload them even more. No respect shown on job sites to the subcontractors and culture has turned into blaming the subcontractors for everything even when that's not the real reason. Lack of leadership and power complex seems to be happening. There is no person of color in leadership position as a minority you will not grow here. The grass truly is greener go somewhere else and get payed more money and actually work less hours and actually enjoy being human and having a life. Too often I saw people try and use PTO and even when on PTO constantly still getting calls and emails to do work. The environment is toxic too much bickering goes on internally between employees rather than working together turns into a blame game as Holder tends to not want to take on responsibility for mistakes

      4.0
      Oct 7, 2019

      Project Engineer

      Project engineer
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Enjoyable working with subcontractors, architects, and engineers, very vibrant work environment and a lot going on.

      Cons

      Can be stressful with a lot of various task to manage, independently.

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      Holder Construction Response
      5y
      Thank you for leaving a review! We take pride in collaborating with best-in-class clients, partners, and subcontractors across the country. Holder recognizes the stress that’s inherent to the construction industry, especially on some of Holder’s larger-scale projects. We strive to equip our associates with time management training and tools and instill confidence that they can ask for help when workload becomes too heavy.
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