Kiewit Corporation Employee Reviews about "work life balance"

Pros

Great resources available and you learn a lot.

Cons

They do not value a work life balance and have an old school mentality of how work is done.

Pros

Job Security: If you're a good worker, they try to keep you employed at all costs (you go where the work is!). Somewhat flexible with work schedule (dependent on project/job schedule, you still work a lot though). Benefits not great, but, not bad: 6% company matching 401K with Fidelity, profit sharing into 401K (dependent on company performance), stock options after proven employment performance (it can take years to become a shareholder), HDHP health plan with UHC is fairly affordable (only downside is the high deductible, excellent coverage though), annual performance raise (plus cost of living raise, dependent on company performance), bonuses for senior employees (dependent on company performance). Employee owned company. Professional Development: Free access to LinkedIn Learning Qualifying Education, Certification, Professional Memberships & Licenses. Education Programs such as: Associates of Art or Science (AA), Bachelor’s Degree, Master’s Degree, Doctoral Degree. (Annual and Lifetime Maximums do exist). Reimbursed at 75% of employee’s cost of tuition, books & fees upon successful completion of course (if graded, must receive at least a “C” grade). New Professional Memberships such as: ASCE & ACI, etc. Professional Certificates, & Licenses such as: Certified Welding Inspector (CWI) or Professional Engineer (PE) License. Reimbursed at 100% of employee’s cost of obtaining certification or license unless district-specific policy prevails. Professional Certifications or Licenses do not count towards annual or lifetime educational reimbursement maximums.

Cons

Work/life balance can be difficult to achieve at times (this is very common in construction though). Expect a 50HR week minimum, with no overtime pay of course. You wear multiple hats. Be prepared to help out wherever and whenever your assistance is needed. Starting base salary compared to other local companies is lower than average.

Pros

Challenging, Fast Paced, a lot of experienced employee's to learn from, opportunties for advancement are based on your personal motivation and how quickly you can learn, one of the leading construction firms so many of the projects are high profile extraordinary jobs. Committed to training employee's and minimizing turnover. Employee stock program is one of the best and benefits in general are good.

Cons

Very demanding of your personal time which makes it difficult to have that work/life balance that everyone needs. Must be willing to take opportunitites that may uproot your family.

Pros

Company as a whole is great. Great benefits paid for by the company.

Cons

Local office full of cliques since the majority worked together previously. They expect you to work ~60 hours a week without getting paid for it. No work/life balance and are shamed if you have to take care of your kids.

Pros

Lots of work PTO... Long term benefits Would've rated 3.5/5 if I could. Almost guaranteed a job even through recessions It is ok to mess up (you will still get chewed out though and learn from it)

Cons

Work Life balance (but this is hard to come by at all in the Construction Industry) Rarely get told thanks for anything. Expected to do new things/ go new places on a moments notice.

Pros

-Tons of opportunity for learning -Constantly Busy -Ability to move into different roles -Good combination of office and field work to keep things interesting -Most people are really awesome to work around -Firm but friendly environment -Company vehicle and gas card -6% 401k match with up to 4% extra based on performance at end of year -I started off making 60k in 2016 and ended making 102k in 2021 -There are good monetary rewards but youll be burning the midnight oil to get them. I enjoyed my time at Kiewit, but as a Civil Engineering major I felt like it became pretty simple to figure a scope of work out, but it took a lot of time to optimize the operations to make money for the company.

Cons

-12 hour work days were standard for the 5 years -The company stock program seems like a fraternity -The work is mostly simple but you have tons of tasks to get done in a day -The more time the tradesman in the field need your assistance outdoors the less time you have to do your work so you end up having to stay extra for office work at the end of the day -Saturdays used to be required by Kiewit now they are on an as needed basis, but they are almost always needed It's probably all construction corporations in general but work life balance is pretty bad. It becomes difficult to use PTO because you end up with a stack of work to do when you get back. Someone will cover the minimum of your work when you are gone just to get by, but you have to deal with any money losses, RFIs, quality mess ups etc when you get back. Leaving before 5 PM makes the hairs on the back of your neck stand up because you know everyone is staring at you, or someone might make a comment about you 'getting to leave early.' I felt like the company stock program was a way to lock you into the company because you usually wont be offered it until you are a few years in. I hear the rewards after a good 7-10 years of owning stock are tremendous, but you'll also be working some long long hours during those years. In order to try out design you'd have to either move to the office in Denver, or Kansas. Don't join the Southern California District hoping to get some design experience as there if little change of that happening.

Pros

Opportunity for advancement if you play politics right Pay has potential to be good if you stick with it Opportunities all over the US

Cons

Higher ups couldn't care less about you Work life balance is 0 Expect your only friends to be co-workers Environment invites a lot of back stabbing

Pros

Independence in work. Lots of opportunities for advancement. Able to see various location throughout North America. Never the same job throughout the years. Opportunities are at various locations and ever changing as we get different work in various locations. With a lack of labour in the construction markets there is great opportunities for advancement.

Cons

Travel and locations of work. Generally required to go to remote locations for the work. Camp jobs are numerous and require a committment. Work and life balance is minimal expected to be married to the company and go where and when they require. In some ways it is similar to being in the army.

Pros

Given lots of opportunity and responsibility Decent pay Great option for just out of school and to learn the industry

Cons

Long hours come with that responsibility and pay Likely have to relocate Balancing work and life is challenging

Pros

Endless opportunity if you work for it Great co-workers and management Mentoring and development is a cornerstone of the culture

Cons

High turnover of talented employees Will likely need to relocate to undesirable locations for the best opportunites Work/life balance is a struggle if you want work and life to be separate from each other