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) , Estimator (47) , 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?

"Great benefits and an awesome work portfolio in Los Angeles" ((in 114 reviews)); "The majority of the people who do the day to day tasks are great people." ((in 105 reviews)); "great culture and company promotion" ((in 69 reviews)); "And good pay" ((in 66 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 77 reviews)); "No work life balance" ((in 52 reviews)); "Long hours to be expected for a promotion." ((in 41 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 36 reviews)); "Upper management is a bit top heavy." ((in 18 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

4.0

Jan 31, 2020

Great contractor to work for

Project engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Great benefits, support of a ~$10 billion company but feels like a small company in terms of the people and how you're treated. The company is 100% employee owned which really makes a difference with the atmosphere, everyone is all in and wants to succeed as it only helps to boost the shareholder's profits. The learning and development programs are second to none. If you want to learn or grow as a leader the resources and training are second to none in the industry. They'll pay your way to help you grow as an employee and as a leader in the company. Lots of opportunity to get together with your coworkers outside work too. Opportunities to advance and relocate to other offices are available. You won't be stuck in the same position waiting for the owner's son to move up. If you're a high performer they see this and pave the way for leadership roles.

Cons

Too many processes and procedures that create waste and added labor. I understand why they're in place as we are a big company but there are too many forms, processes and procedures and this hampers development and innovation. US operations wants to push the envelope but the Canadians don't understand the PCL name doesn't have the clout that is does in US. Need to get more aggressive on chasing work and allowing offices to make their own decisions. We have lost major projects with large contract values because upper management is too greedy about hitting the bottom line on a fee target. Long hours and a big grind on large highrise projects. This is sort of known industry wide but management sees this and are making improvements to work/life balance for operations folks.

PCL Construction Response

6y

Thanks for your review! You've mentioned some pros to working at PCL that we are very proud of. We also appreciate your constructive feedback and will forward this to your senior management team. Please continue to share your feedback with us using our Glint employee surveys, and feel free to get in touch with your district manager or HRPD team directly if you haven't already done so.

4.0

Dec 14, 2019

Good communication

Site civil engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

The fields people are bad and I drop my job

Cons

Pcl company very good

PCL Construction Response

6y

Thanks for your review. Please note we are currently located in North America and Australia and do not operate in India.

3.0

Oct 18, 2019

Limited career growth opportunity and poor work-life balance

Field engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Great benefits but average compensation

Cons

Poor Work-life balance Career growth opportunity for minorities is low

PCL Construction Response

6y

Thank you for sharing your feedback with us. We are disappointed to hear about your experience as our goal is to increase diversity across all levels at PCL, and to ensure that all PCLers feel included and valued. We would appreciate learning more details about your experience and invite you to share this with us at glassdoor@pcl.com.

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