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- "Great culture and they give interns real work and a lot of responsibility depending on the intern's knowledge and skill level." (in 54 reviews)
- "They really have a great company culture to the point of almost being cult like.. but in a good way." (in 20 reviews)
- "Long hours expected to get the job done....Tasks and responsiblities at times can be overwhelmming." (in 16 reviews)
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- Current Employee★★★★★Featured Review
Great Company Dedicated to Change
Nov 15, 2022 - MEP SuperintendentRecommendCEO ApprovalBusiness OutlookPros
DPR is always looking for new ways to build. There is never a sense that they are doing it the same way just because it worked last time. Lots of employee benefits and a great laid back work culture.
Cons
You will work harder than you ever have. Everyone is super smart and dedicated to their projects. Definitely not a just put in the minimum kind of place
Thank you for sharing your feedback! We aim to provide opportunities to work on exciting, innovative projects and a unique culture built on trust and taking care of people, and are glad to hear that’s been your experience. We’re happy to have you on the DPR team!
- Current Employee, more than 1 year★★★★★
Pros
Best culture, wonderful company to work for!
Cons
None I can think of
DPR Construction Response
People Practices
Thanks for your feedback! We are so glad you're having a great experience at DPR!
- Current Employee, less than 1 year★★★★★
DPR is what you make it
Jun 7, 2023 - Project Engineer I in Pasadena, CARecommendCEO ApprovalBusiness OutlookPros
A lot of events and good people. Will buy you lunch numerous times a month
Cons
A lot of good people around but lack of operational processes that may new employees behind
- Former Employee, more than 1 year★★★★★
All Depends
May 25, 2023 - Project Engineer in Newport Beach, CARecommendCEO ApprovalBusiness OutlookPros
As with any large company, your experience can vary drastically depending on who you're working with, what project you've been assigned to, and what role you get shoehorned into. They definitely do a good job with: - Competitive Salary - Good ideals (respect for the individual, accountability, team-oriented) - Company hosts lots of events and get-togethers to help you meet other employees and spend some time with your team members away from the jobsite.
Cons
But again, my individual experience left a lot to be desired. I met several other people at DPR who didn't experience what I did on their projects. Sometimes I wonder if I would still be there if I had been placed on a different project with different people. These are the negatives that drove me to quit: - The company has a lot of fantastic ideals, but they really don't practice what they preach most of the time. I constantly had to deal with a volatile superintendent and a condescending, passive-aggressive PM who were given free reign to act this way towards all staff on my project. Myself and many others on the project felt the same way about these individuals but did not feel comfortable escalating this issue as we knew this particular PM and superintendent were well-connected with upper management. - Inadequate training/onboarding of their project management software. Coming aboard and being placed on a fast-paced job having to figure out how to use this software on the fly was an absolutely tortuous experience. - TONS of unnecessary meetings constantly getting put on your calendar by leadership, most of which are completely worthless to you. - Self perform trades perform at a level far worse than other subs in the industry and will often leave the GC team holding the bag on a stack of BS change orders while complaining to company leadership that you're not getting them paid. There were countless times that I wished we had hired out rather than deal with the self perform groups as I had experienced far better performance from outside subcontractors in my previous experience before joining DPR. - The mentoring/coaching program is an absolute joke. My coach described the program as "this BS thing" to me. As someone who wants to develop their skills and advance through the industry, I was extremely disappointed to hear from my assigned coach that they thought dedicating their time to instruct me was "BS". DPR should not be mandating that PM's/SPM's/PX's be assigned to coach/mentor junior staff if they don't want to participate in the process. - The process by which people get promoted at DPR is unclear. It seems like it's really hard to get promoted here. Again, without receiving any decent mentorship from my coach I was never introduced to any clear career path while at DPR. - As another review described, it seems like the company constantly wants to tell you how great they are. You will constantly get bombarded with frivolous emails from whatever distribution chain leadership puts you on about random committees, groups, and activities that DPR is doing outside of working hours and how "amazing" it all is. You will also constantly see internal emails with people gushing about how much they supposedly love their jobs and how fun it is to work at DPR. The whole thing is quite strange.
- Current Employee, more than 3 years★★★★★
Great Company, Great Community
Apr 23, 2023 - Project Engineer in Austin, TXRecommendCEO ApprovalBusiness OutlookPros
It’s awesome to work for a company that not only leads the industry, but has an incredible company culture with an excellent community of coworkers.
Cons
Like most construction companies, the work life balance is not great. If I could do what I do for only 40-50 hours per week instead of 60 I would have no complaints.
Continue readingDPR Construction Response
People Practices
Thank you for giving your feedback. We appreciate your encouragement to stay true to our uniqueness and ever forward core values! We do know that building exciting and challenging projects sometimes calls for long hours. We encourage you and all DPR employees to care for yourself however you need to, and provide ample time off and best-in-class mental or physical health benefits to support it. We're happy to have you on the team!
- Current Employee, more than 1 year★★★★★
Pros
Great culture, family friendly, fantastic benefits, reasonable hours
Cons
Mission critical work Raises did not keep up with inflation
DPR Construction Response
People Practices
Thanks for sharing your thoughts! We regularly review our compensation and benefits packages to ensure we’re providing competitive rewards that allow our employees to continue to grow and develop with DPR. We're glad you've found good balance at DPR and we're happy to have you on the team.
- Current Employee, more than 8 years★★★★★
Pros
I plan on retiring from here!
Cons
Will reward high performers with more work.
DPR Construction Response
People Practices
Thanks for sharing your feedback! We support our employees in finding the career paths that are right for them, and we're glad to hear you've found yours.
- Former Employee, more than 5 years★★★★★
Great company, becomes cult like
May 2, 2023 - Anonymous EmployeeRecommendCEO ApprovalBusiness OutlookPros
Many mega size projects. Smart people working there, especially technical resources. Lots of company events and fun culture. Salary is competitive. Young employees that fit the mold will grow quickly.
Cons
Lack of different size projects can stunt growth as after you master the small jobs there’s nothing medium size, so you get stuck. They want to tell you how great a company they are all the time. The safety team requires a lot from project teams.
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People Practices
Thank you for sharing your thoughts. DPR does prioritize competitive compensation and benefits and we are proud of the many exciting projects we build. We also appreciate your feedback on how we can improve--we take it all very seriously!
- Current Employee★★★★★
Doesn't Get Better Than DPR
Apr 25, 2023 - Preconstruction Manager in Boston, MARecommendCEO ApprovalBusiness OutlookPros
Amazing company culture, they care about me and take great care of me, the people are work with are some of the best in the industry, they truly are different than most other GCs out there and employees and clients gravitate to that
Cons
There are no cons at DPR
DPR Construction Response
People Practices
Thanks for sharing your thoughts! Uniqueness is one of DPR's core values and we're glad you can see how we stand out from other construction companies. And we agree--our people are the best in the business!
- Former Employee, less than 1 year★★★★★
Not what is Advertised and Flat-Organization Concept is Not for Everyone
Apr 30, 2023 - Project Engineer in Edison, NJRecommendCEO ApprovalBusiness OutlookPros
Compensation and Benefits Large GC with plenty of great project. Provide opportunity for everyone to speak and contribute 4- Week PTO, you can take additional PTO and return in subsequent years Written Company Culture
Cons
1. Cliques and favoritism is rampant. Everyone company or project team has some level of favoritism and cliques, but it's the extreme level that's concerning. 2. Culture can resemble that of high-school, this can be a pro for some, but most people hate gossip, and slander. This is a direct result of the cliques and favoritism. 3. Promotion and career advancement is opaque. Promotion and advancement appears to be determine less on merit and more on being aligned with the right person. 4. The project executive is essential the project manager, new PMs with prior experience with other GCs may find it challenging from an autonomy and role/responsibilities. A PM can easily feel micro-managed. 5. Lack of structure often leads to people duplicating efforts and doing things they are not responsible for. 6.Lack of accountability, some people(typically the cool guys) can get away with all kind of bad behavior and the leadership will ignore or often encourage this behavior if said individual is one of the favorite. The non-favorite are often held more accountable for their actions. 7. Last but not least, there is a lack of person space. Most people feel compel or deem it a right to provide every detail of your personal life, because we are supposedly a family and not a collection of individual with a single purpose.
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People Practices
We appreciate you sharing your feedback with us. We’re glad to hear you enjoyed DPR’s competitive compensation, best-in-class benefits and opportunities to work on exciting projects. We also value your thoughts on how we can improve. We take feedback very seriously and will share yours with our People Practices team and local leaders. If there’s anything else you’d like to tell us, please do so at https://www.lighthouse-services.com/dpr.
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DPR Construction has an overall rating of 4.3 out of 5, based on over 609 reviews left anonymously by employees. 82% of employees would recommend working at DPR Construction to a friend and 75% have a positive outlook for the business. This rating has decreased by -1% over the last 12 months.
82% of DPR Construction employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews. Employees also rated DPR Construction 3.8 out of 5 for work life balance, 4.2 for culture and values and 4.0 for career opportunities.
According to reviews on Glassdoor, employees commonly mention the pros of working at DPR Construction to be benefits, career development, culture and the cons to be senior leadership, management, work life balance.
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