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BL Harbert International reviews

3.7

75% would recommend to a friend

(152 total reviews)

Billy Harbert Jr.

87% approve of CEO

67% positive business outlook

BL Harbert International has an employee rating of 3.7 out of 5 stars, based on 152 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The BL Harbert International employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Servicios de construcción, reparación y mantenimiento industry (3.7 stars).

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152 reviews
2.0
Dec 13, 2009
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

They are better than some contractors as far as quality of work. For a small company they provide some benefits. Overseas work is growing and appears stable. They are a favored contractor for U.S. Embassy projects. Provide decent housing, transportation and monthly living expense. If you carry your family, the housing is better.

Cons

Benefits are sub-par although they seem to be working to improve this. The salary appears OK until you begin working the long hours, 60+ hours per week. I worked overseas and the work hours were horrific. It's not clear in your contract, but forget holidays. The only holidays observed by project management other than Christmas, were local holidays that fell on Sunday (your only day off)! A lot of pressure to beat the schedule. Quantity trumps quality when push comes to shove.

2.0
Feb 3, 2021

They are Crooks

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

-Housing and transportation are provided -If you have the opportunity to work with a competent team, you can learn alot -The birmingham employees are pleasant to work with

Cons

Most of their work is performed in third world countries. They have been able to be successful working in countries where labor laws are basically nonexistent and they can pay what they want and treat employees like crap. If you are a US citizen, once you have mobilized to your project location, the corporate office does not care if you live or die, you will basically be at the mercy of the project manager. While the salary might look good at first, consider you will be working 60+ hours. At 60+ hours, you are actually just making around $20-25/hr. For local employees there are huge wage gaps dependant on how much your PM likes you, and irrelevant to your work performance. Gender discrimination and other types of discrimination are huge too. Local field employees are constantly mistreated and management acts as if they are doing them a favor by providing them with a job. Lastly, if you have any issues where you know your rights as an employee are being violated, do yourself a favor an go straight to the client who will perform an independent and unbiased investigation. Do not bother reporting to BLHI, they will do their very best to protect the perpetrator.

2.0
Nov 16, 2023

Bad working environment

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Free food and a multicultural environment

Cons

Bad management, bad working environment, toxic paced environment

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