McKinstry reviews

3.5

63% would recommend to a friend

(379 total reviews)

Dean Allen

89% approve of CEO

75% positive business outlook

McKinstry has an employee rating of 3.5 out of 5 stars, based on 379 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The McKinstry employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Construction, Repair & Maintenance Services industry (3.7 stars).

Reviews by job title

379 reviews
1.0
Jun 23, 2020

Bait and Switch!

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

I am having a hard time identifying any. The few Pros have been stripped by management. A paycheck?

Cons

Salaries are 30-40% lower than industry norms, Many of the “perks” are unusable due to the required hours. The highest raise you can hope to get is 3% (per HR documentation) per year, different departments do not communicate and are unwilling to compromise while developing streamlined workflows. A culture of exclusion. Management lacks the understanding of what initiatives truly require. They will bait at switch employees into a position and admit they had no intention of keeping their promises. Many of the lower “middle management” types especially involving innovation describe the organization as a house of cards.

2.0
Jul 10, 2015

Horrendous management, popular high school kids clique

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Perks, peers, and location. If you like weight in the decisions you make, the roles here allow that. The system is so fragile any good or bad decision you make ripples across the company.

Cons

Middle-management, particularly in corporate, is this company's kryptonite. The corporate overhead middle management teams are riddled with incompetence. The newer managers with less than two years in the roles are not bad people, their struggles are in the fact that McKinstry doesn't prepare anyone for their unattainable expectations. Hence high turnover in these newer folk. The managers that have held their positions for over 6+ years are the ones that will force sloppy initiatives constantly. There is no cross-functional collaboration in corporate services. The extent of the working relationships are passive aggressive and fake. I've witnessed and have been victim to management bullying. When I have to proactively use email as a record to legally protect me from my manager, you know there's something wrong.

1.0
Feb 22, 2024

Severely lacks leadership

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

There are a lot of volunteer opportunities The less work you do the more you will be appreciated

Cons

Atrocious management and no "leadership" Can't trust a word that is said by higher ups You are not accepted for being you're own person You will be penalized for providing feedback or utilizing benefits Low pay and incentives There is a lot of talk about the "family" culture. What this means is there is no professionalism. Executives have literally hung up on another exec instead of having a conversation. Execs and higher ups are terrified of having conversations another person won't like and would rather let ICs suffer and struggle than get alignment on something.

Viewing 7 - 9 of 379 Reviews

Glassdoor has 429 McKinstry reviews submitted anonymously by McKinstry employees. Read employee reviews and ratings on Glassdoor to decide if McKinstry is right for you.