Is PCL Construction a good company to work for?

PCL Construction has an overall rating of 4.0 out of 5, based on over 1,716 reviews left anonymously by employees. This rating has increased by 1% over the last 12 months. 80% of employees would recommend working at PCL Construction to a friend and 74% have a positive outlook for the business. The best reviews about PCL Construction have been left by employees working as Field Engineer Intern , Administrative Assistant and Field Engineer .

Does PCL Construction pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, PCL Construction employees rate their compensation and benefits as 3.8 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at PCL Construction. This rating has decreased by 5% over the last 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at PCL Construction?

80% of PCL Construction employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated PCL Construction 3.1 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.8 for culture and values and 3.9 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at PCL Construction?

Project Coordinator (89) , Field Engineer (78) , Project Manager (68) , Project Engineer (57) , Engineering Student (53) , Estimator (48) , Field Coordinator (47) , Administrative Assistant (28) , Field Engineer Intern (25) , Intern (23) , Carpenter (21) , Laborer (18) , Superintendent (17) , Accountant (16) , Engineer (11)

What are the pros of working at PCL Construction according to real employee reviews?

"The majority of the people who do the day to day tasks are great people." ((in 107 reviews)); "Very good benefit program at PCL" ((in 103 reviews)); "And good pay" ((in 74 reviews)); "great culture and company promotion" ((in 72 reviews)); "Great team and learning environment" ((in 32 reviews))

What are the cons of working at PCL Construction according to real employee reviews?

"Long hours and the pay doesn’t match up basically working from 6 AM to 6 PM" ((in 79 reviews)); "No work life balance" ((in 51 reviews)); "Long hours to be expected for a promotion." ((in 42 reviews)); "And then they will fabricate a story to devalue your skills to keep you in your place and to justify paying you a low salary." ((in 40 reviews)); "Upper management is a bit top heavy." ((in 21 reviews))

What are employees saying about PCL Construction layoffs in 2026?

Explore Glassdoor’s employee reviews to understand what current and former employees are saying about PCL Construction layoffs and their outlook for job security at PCL Construction in 2026.

What are the top reviewed PCL Construction locations?

Los Angeles , Denver , Orlando , Minneapolis , Bakersfield , Honolulu , Seattle , Houston , Phoenix , Long Beach , Tempe , Glendale , East Rutherford , Raleigh , San Diego , Tampa , Salt Lake City , Miami , Freeport , Sweeny , Charleston , Colorado Springs , Bellevue , Newark , New York , Baytown , Katy , Port Lavaca , Irvine , Lake Charles

PCL Construction reviews

4.0

80% would recommend to a friend

(1,284 total reviews)

Chris Gower

91% approve of CEO

74% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

3.9

Diversity & inclusion

3.9

Career opportunities

3.8

Culture & values

3.8

Compensation and benefits

3.5

Senior management

3.1

Work/Life balance

PCL Construction has an employee rating of 4.0 out of 5 stars, based on 1,284 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The PCL 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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Reviews by job title

1K reviews

1.0

Sep 30, 2021

Don't work here

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Absolutely zero. None what so ever.

Cons

Literally everything. Never appreciated. Treated like a second class citizen.

PCL Construction Response

4y

We are concerned by these allegations. We strongly encourage you to provide some more details via our confidential ethics helpline at 1-800-461-9330 so we can investigate this immediately.

1.0

Sep 26, 2020

Trash

Supintendent

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Benefits and insurance are pretty good.

Cons

Be prepared to be run over by bus tires. Upper management loves to blame the young people they’re supposed to be teaching and guiding. Not a good place.

PCL Construction Response

5y

Thank you for sharing your thoughts with us. We are disappointed that your experience does not align with how we strive to value our employees. If you feel comfortable doing so, we encourage you to share details of your experience at glassdoor@pcl.com so that we can look into this further.

3.0

Mar 13, 2018

Field engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

You will learn a lot. Sink or swim depending on your work ethic working for pcl will be great in terms of learning new skills.great people tend to be workcoholics but great people they become like a family due to so much time spent together.

Cons

Huge division between those who work in the main office and those who work in the construction site. Two separate worlds typical 8-5 for main office 6:40 to 630ish the norm for many of those on site . Concrete pouring days can be at 4 am to 5pmish which can be twice or three times a week making those days the harder days.And of course Saturday and or Sunday work is a given in construction at least twice a month depending on rotations. Hours can vary depending on project and phase the project is in . None of these are pcl fault just perks of the construction industry. If you love construction and understand those perks then pcl might be for you. Problems with pcl directly are a Lack of company organization in material handling and set structure on reporting problems (rfis, change orders etc) which can make experience a good one or a bad one depending on super and project manager in charge due to the fact a large amount of work is self performed.

PCL Construction Response

8y

Thank you for taking the time to leave us a review. If you would like us to direct this feedback to the district that you worked in, please feel free to reach out to us at glassdoor@pcl.com.

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