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 (88) , Field Engineer (78) , Project Manager (68) , Project Engineer (57) , Engineering Student (53) , Field Coordinator (47) , Estimator (46) , 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 104 reviews)); "Great benefits and an awesome work portfolio in Los Angeles" ((in 99 reviews)); "great culture and company promotion" ((in 69 reviews)); "And good pay" ((in 68 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 lots of unpaid overtime (supposed to be compensated with bonus)." ((in 74 reviews)); "No work life balance" ((in 53 reviews)); "Long hours to be expected for a promotion." ((in 44 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 37 reviews)); "Upper management is a bit top heavy." ((in 19 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.

PCL Construction reviews

4.0

80% would recommend to a friend

(1,279 total reviews)

Chris Gower

90% approve of CEO

73% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

4.0

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 1,279 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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Reviews by job title

1K reviews

5.0

Jul 4, 2016

Life on the Jobsite

Journeyman carpenter

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Very oriented when it comes to doing a quality job in a safe manner. Have gone out of their way to provide any and just about every tools necessary to perform our job(s) in the civil department.

Cons

Lack of or miscommunication on many levels; plenty of nepotism, favortism, and racism on the site. This may not be the overall view of the management, but the silence about it on the site is only an affirmation that it is accepted as a norm.

PCL Construction Response

9y

Thanks for sharing your experience with PCL. You’ve provided a couple of Pros that we’re pleased to see being recognized, but we’re very concerned about some of the Cons you bring up. Please e-mail us at glassdooor@pcl.com to give us further details. If you would like to remain anonymous, feel free to utilize our ethics helpline – the website and/or phone number for the helpline can be found at your project site.

5.0

Jun 28, 2016

Best company, great leadership!

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

I work have never worked for a company where the executives cared so much about the employees. The leadership programs are amazing and the opportunity to learn and grow is unparalleled. You are given opportunities to do interesting and meaningful work.

Cons

The construction industry as a whole suffers with work/life balance issues. PCL is not immune to this. The industry is going to have to change in order to keep people who want to build.

1.0

Jun 22, 2016

"People Come Last"

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Absolutely none, unless you consider working at least 11-12 hours a day with no overtime pay, and average salary "pros".

Cons

Everything, specially the HR department that preaches about things they dont practice. Expect to hear fancy words like "we value work life balance" or "we encourage employee development" etc, then you go to a project work at least 6 to 6, forget about family or life, work Saturdays, and they give you no time to do anything in your life but work work work. The company's reputation for being short for "People Come Last" is very true, and has been proven many times. P.S. I worked for 3 fortune 500 global companies before, PCL is the smallest size employer I've ever worked for, so if anyone can judge such an overrated company like this, it's me.

PCL Construction Response

9y

We’re sorry to hear you’ve had that experience. If you have some advice on how we could improve the situation and be more consistent when it comes to doing what we aim to do, please e-mail us at Glassdoor@pcl.com. We’d love to hear from you.

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