Is McCarthy Building a good company to work for?

McCarthy Building has an overall rating of 4.3 out of 5, based on over 842 reviews left anonymously by employees. This rating has decreased by 1% over the last 12 months. 80% of employees would recommend working at McCarthy Building to a friend and 88% have a positive outlook for the business. The best reviews about McCarthy Building have been left by employees working as Intern , Project Intern and Assistant Project Manager .

Does McCarthy Building pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, McCarthy Building employees rate their compensation and benefits as 4.4 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at McCarthy Building. This rating has decreased by 1% over the last 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at McCarthy Building?

80% of McCarthy Building employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated McCarthy Building 3.3 out of 5 for work life balance, 4.3 for culture and values and 4.1 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at McCarthy Building?

Project Engineer (137) , Senior Project Engineer (42) , Project Manager (39) , Assistant Superintendent (31) , Intern (29) , Estimator (23) , Project Intern (17) , Assistant Project Manager (16) , Project Administrator (13) , Director (8) , Project Superintendent (8) , Superintendent (8) , Laborer (7) , Project Engineer Intern (7) , Solar Installer (7)

What are the pros of working at McCarthy Building according to real employee reviews?

"Great benefits and retirement packages" ((in 100 reviews)); "Some great people some not so great." ((in 70 reviews)); "The pay was good and it had a convenient location" ((in 36 reviews)); "Great company culture and it has substantially increased my knowledge in the industry." ((in 16 reviews)); "Good work environment" ((in 14 reviews))

What are the cons of working at McCarthy Building according to real employee reviews?

"Long hours typical in construction" ((in 73 reviews)); "Poor work life balance on certain projects" ((in 34 reviews)); "early days and long hours but that's construction, really no major cons" ((in 32 reviews)); "sometimes are base salaries are less competitive." ((in 14 reviews)); "HORRIBLE MANAGEMENT! AVOID I visited the LA office and the staff clearly tries to fake their positions." ((in 14 reviews))

What McCarthy Building locations have received the highest employee ratings?

Las Vegas , Austin , Sacramento , Omaha , Dallas , Denver , Saint Louis , Houston , San Diego , Atlanta

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4.3

80% would recommend to a friend

(740 total reviews)

Ray Sedey

96% approve of CEO

88% positive business outlook

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4.4

Compensation and benefits

4.3

Culture & values

4.2

Diversity & inclusion

4.1

Career opportunities

4.0

Senior management

3.3

Work/Life balance

McCarthy Building has an employee rating of 4.3 out of 5 stars, based on 740 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an excellent working experience there. The McCarthy Building employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Construction, Repair & Maintenance Services industry (3.6 stars).

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740 reviews

2.0

Apr 4, 2015

Good for white males only.

Project administrator

Recommend

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Pros

Benefits and pay. Good fellow employees. ESOP and health plans best part of package.

Cons

Run by greedy selfish white men. Treat employees like pawns. Expect 60 hour weeks 52 weeks of year every year.

2.0

May 26, 2023

Culture is Changing

Construction project manager

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

A lot of good people

Cons

Executive leadership has adopted this "perception is reality" mantra which I disagree with. Working in construction, reality is reality and perception is for salesmen. At the end of the day the things that we build need to actually work. Not just look like they work. Leadership is over obsessed with image and sales now than substance and actually being a genuine good builder. They believe that "anyone can build" and they can just hire people to build if they're good enough at "managing" and sales. Problem is they dont listen to their builders they hire so I feel that the SW division is heading for some rough projects in the near future.

2.0

Sep 21, 2015

Not enough focus on the employees

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

The company is 100% employee owned and this means something. After 5 years you are vested in the company's ESOP and it can be a considerable supplement to a typical 401k. McCarthy hires wicked smart people with an entrepreneurial bent. This leads to a culture where people regularly raise their hand and are 100% committed to the success of the firm. Culture of giving back to the communities where employees live and work. True passion for building at the firm.

Cons

Too focused on success of the firm and not enough on clients. Compensation is poor unless you are part of the senior leadership "circle" or in operations. Culture is not respectful. People are openly criticized for their work and asked to redo hours/days/weeks of work based on the offhand opinion of upper management. The firm is not focused on PEOPLE. Thanking employees or acknowledging the sacrifices made to complete hard jobs is not part of the culture. The firm is completely decentralized so the experience of an employee in San Francisco might be totally different from someone in St. Louis. Old school culture that is slow to change and adapt. Poor work/life balance for young people starting families. Lack of women in leadership roles and poor diversity in general.

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