Hit or Miss - Project Engineer McCarthy Building Employee Review

1.0
Aug 26, 2025
Recommend
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Pros

1) Employer profit-sharing plan provided after one year of service. Historically, 19% of an individual's salary is contributed to an account and vested after 5 years. 2) Quarterly peer meetings/trainings. During these meetings, you have the opportunity to connect with individuals from other job sites. You also might recieve exposure to a scope of work that you have yet to manage. Lunch is provided. 3) Opportunity to work on community-impactful projects such as hospitals, biotech labs, and schools.

Cons

The most emotionally unregulated and disgusting people that I have met in my life work at McCarthy. While the company promotes strong core values (Genuine, We Not I, and All In), these principles were often not reflected in day-to-day operations. A noticeable shift in behavior occurred only when upper management was present, which made the culture feel inauthentic. Be mindful if you bring prior experience as it might lead to being overloaded with responsibilities beyond your role, as leadership may assume you can simply “handle it.”

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5.0
Jun 9, 2026
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Pros

Good hours Competitive pay Good community

Cons

Hectic schedules Large crew Early hours

4.0
Apr 10, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Great company culture, exposure to some amazing projects, project teams are fantastic, camaraderie with your team, great resources and onboarding to ensure you learn to do your job well. ESOP and bonuses are great.. if you stick it out long enough.

Cons

Pay is not as competitive as other GC's, you can be relatively underpaid as they rely too heavily on preaching about the ESOP (which takes you 5 years to even be fully vested). Can be very political and leadership kinda plays favorites, some people who dont deserve it get promoted quick and others who do deserve it never get promoted. Long work hours and depending on the jobsite it can be pretty high-stress (but thats just construction for ya).

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