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      McCarthy Building

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      McCarthy Building reviews

      4.3

      82% would recommend to a friend

      (741 total reviews)
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      Ray Sedey

      97% approve of CEO

      89% positive business outlook

      Ratings by category

      4.4

      Compensation and benefits

      4.3

      Culture & values

      4.2

      Diversity & inclusion

      4.2

      Career opportunities

      4.1

      Senior management

      3.3

      Work/Life balance

      McCarthy Building has an employee rating of 4.3 out of 5 stars, based on 741 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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      741 reviews
      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.

      3.0
      May 24, 2023

      Project Engineer

      Project engineer
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Managers are willing to listen, that does not mean they will necessarily respond the way you would like. Employees at McCarthy act like a family for the most part. If you need to take time off or come in late to handle personal matters here and there, the team is always supportive as long as communication is good.

      Cons

      Promotions seem to be awarded based on your manager's liking of you, not necessarily how you have excelled or improved the company's success. You have to be in the right group to get promoted. The expectations/requirements to receive a promotion are not consistent from manager to manager. Pay is not competitive with other companies in the area for the same positions. Individuals with construction management degrees make the same starting pay that individuals with technical/engineering degrees do. McCarthy is getting top notch individuals with technical degrees at a reduced cost to the company. Finally, McCarthy preaches "work/life success" because "it is not a balance;" however, the expectations of direct management are significantly higher than the expectations that executives preach. All of these factors lead to burn out really quickly.

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