PCL Construction reviews

4.0

78% would recommend to a friend

(1,276 total reviews)
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Chris Gower

89% approve of CEO

71% positive business outlook

PCL Construction has an employee rating of 4.0 out of 5 stars, based on 1,276 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 Servicios de construcción, reparación y mantenimiento industry (3.7 stars).

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1K reviews
5.0
Sep 19, 2022
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

The company was fair and treated me well

Cons

The job was finished and they did not have any more work for me.

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PCL Construction Response
3y
Thank you so much for your review. Please make sure that you check out pcl.com/careers for new opportunities!
5.0
May 13, 2022

Great

Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Model of ownership of the employees

Cons

havent found anything to complain

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PCL Construction Response
4y
Thanks so much for your review! Did you know over 90% of salary PCLers are employee owners? It creates a culture where we get to celebrate success together!
1.0
Mar 15, 2018

A lot of these reviews are correct - and not the good ones

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

The health insurance is the cheapest I've ever had. That's pretty much it.

Cons

Where do I start? The person who wrote that PCL stands for People Come Last is spot on. Here are a list of cons: - People Come Last unless you are the boss's favorite. - Unless you completely toe the company line, brown-nose constantly, & agree with everything management says, they won't like you. I've seen people with less experience get promoted over people with more experience just because they are the boss's favorites. - When management is done with you, they will treat you poorly to try to push you out. If you don't leave on their "push out" schedule, they will fire you (make sure you negotiate a good severance). - If you are a woman with children, this is not the place for you. They expect work to come first, 100% of the time. There is no work/life balance. All of management's wives are stay-at-home moms, so they expect the same from all women it seems. - Diversity is basically non-existent. Expect to see a lot of white males. - Forget about going to HR for anything - they are there to protect the company, not care about the employees. - If you are having any personal issues outside of work, make sure to not let it show at work because they really don't care about anything that's going on at home or with your health. - The share program is a joke. The offerings are way too expensive to purchase so you have to get a loan so it doesn't actually pay off for about 7 years because you have to pay down your loans. I've never heard of having to get a loan to make an investment. And they don't tell you this in your interview, they just make you think you're going to make all this extra money immediately. - You get no feedback on your work performance so you have no clue if you are doing a good job or not, until they just fire you out of nowhere. - Don't try to talk to your co-workers about anything other than work or you will get the dirtiest looks from management - it's all work all the time. No room for water cooler talk. - They preach that it's the "PCL family" - if that's true, this is one dysfunctional family.

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PCL Construction Response
8y
We are disappointed that you had a negative experience during your time at PCL. Due to the confidential nature of your concerns, we would like to continue this conversation with you offline. Please reach out to us via glassdoor@pcl.com so that we may discuss these areas further.
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