Gilbane Building Company Reviews

Current Employee – been working at Gilbane Building Company full-time for more than a year

Pros – good pay, great benefits, family company

Cons – not challenging, very boring, random layoffs

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at Gilbane Building Company

Pros – good people, flexible schedules, decent compensation

Cons – long hours annoying contractors poor feedback

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at Gilbane Building Company

Pros – Company culture values young people and fosters their development. Project managers generally have open doors and are committed to client satisfaction.

Cons – Limited opportunities beyond agency CM in the higher ed sector. Managment has little confidence in the abilities of current staff to manage (the very few) at-risk projects. Business Development sells the same people on every project and doesn't seem to have a clue about the experience most people have. Most people have been left on the same programs for years and only seem to get transferred when there is an HR issue.

Former Employee – worked at Gilbane Building Company

Pros – Recognition of the company in the construction industry.

Cons – No loyalty towards skilled, loyal and experienced employees.

Advice to Senior Management – Do not let go of your Greatest Asset - Skilled and Experienced employees

Former Employee – worked at Gilbane Building Company

Pros – There a highly qualified collegues amongst the ranks working directly with you which helps promote your congnitive thinking. Again, if you are with the right group, on the right job, you can learn A LOT !

Pay and Benefits are good untill you add up the hours you worked. Of course this depends on the project. If the project is behind than expect to work 70-85 hours average a week. A WEEK !
If the project is on schedule then your back to the 50-60 hours average a week. Reminder: Please remember your job title may vary well play a roll in how many hours you work. My degree is in construction managment. Construction starts at 6:30 to 7am. and goes till 3:30 to 7pm on average 5 to 7 days a week. I'm not sure if this is the norm on all there jobs but from my experience at this company you worked a lot.

Company training is Good but could be Better. EX: Most employees if they do not already have an OSHA certification take it online instead from a trainer. I do not agree with this sort of training as I myself am an OSHA 10 & 30 hour trainer and believe hands-on is important. They do actually spend over a million dollars a year on employee training but a company that gross roughyl 4.5 billion and nets roughly 500 million that doesn't necessarily seem like all that much is spent on training. Like I said, it could be better.

Cons – Most Important Lesson: If you notice under the job title categories that I listed two(2) positions. I actually held both of these positions simaltaneously. Not by choice but do to the fact that we were short handed and over budget. The reason I'm telling you this is when you are employeed with Gilbane they give you a position/ job title. With this title comes certain responsibilities and expected proficiencies you are expected to master as well as new goals an achievement to work towards as you grow in your current position. That all being said. If you take on more than one title or role while working for this company. Make sure it is documented in your file so that when your are evaluated semi-annually (under 2 years employed) and annually (over 2 years) that you are properly accessed on the evaluation. EX: It was nearing the end of the job and as an Office Engineer I was being forced into the field more to evaluate subcontractors scope of work, quality control, punchlist, safety and the overall job completness. This put me more into the asst. Superintendent position and out of the Office Engineer role. But, I was strictly evaluated on my duties as an OE. This made my evaluation marks just above par or Goods instead of Excellents.

Make sure you are respected and evaluated correctly. Most Important Lesson!

Advice to Senior Management – Realize how hard your employees work for you and the company. Make sure you evaluate your employees correctly on there yearly evaluations as they may fall into more than one job title categorie.

Current Employee – been working at Gilbane Building Company

Pros – Excellent sharing of regional knowledge.
Training.

Cons – Fragmented leadership at the Regional Level.

Advice to Senior Management – Allign the Regions.

Former Employee – worked at Gilbane Building Company

Pros – Great pay scale, great company recognition in the northern parts of the US. They take on challenging and complex projects. Great company when projects are provided.

Cons – Regional Management would not take hard bid projects in order to keep employees from being let go. Wanted CM at Risk because they receive a bonus for winning these projects, this resulted in large lay offs. Company kept employees in the dark until the week and sometimes the day of their termination.

Advice to Senior Management – Simply communicate with younger employees because they look to you for leadership.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend