Project Coordinator - Project Coordinator PCL Construction Employee Review

2.0
Mar 1, 2019
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

-Employee owned (annual share offers to salaried staff) -Well structured and long term employees offer great support -Great internal processes for managing (PM3, Scheduling, Excel based estimating) -Lots of events on the company dime (open bar christmas parties, hockey tournaments, project wrap ups etc.) -Pension matching and flex benefits -Amazing building projects

Cons

-Severely underpaid project engineers and coordinators ($60k ish to start - $70k within 5 years.) If you have a 4 year engineering degree, check any other company and start at 75k+ and move to 90K within 5years -Declining share return over the past 5 years -Declining share offerings -High performers are expected to take on the role of 3-4 jobs and are only paid for 75% of one (ie. field coordinator, junior superintendent, surveying, estimator, PM all on the same project) -High demand in time (min 10hrs/day) -Hard to move up with all the older shareholders owning the bulk of the good ol days -I promise you would make more as a labour foreman on the working crew, with less responsibilities, than you would as a FC of PC....and probably work less hours too

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PCL Construction Response
7y
Thank you for your very detailed review. Your comments regarding compensation are very valuable to us as we aim to pay fairly and appropriately across the organization for both the short term and long term.

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Pros

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Cons

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Thank you for your review! You've highlighted some great things that makes PCL a great place to work. Thank you for your contributions that help us build better futures!
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Cons

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Thank you for your review. Construction can be a challenging but rewarding industry so we appreciate your time and commitment to building better futures.
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