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    Skanska Reviews

    Updated January 10, 2019
    142 reviews

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    Skanska President and CEO Anders Danielsson
    Anders Danielsson
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    Pros

    • "Great company and great atmosphere" (in 13 reviews)

    • "The company offers great benefits" (in 8 reviews)

    Cons

    • "Certain projects have very high turnover rates, long hours with no compensation for salaried employees" (in 9 reviews)

    • "Depends on the upper management you get, could become a little uncomfortable" (in 6 reviews)

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    1. "Project Engineer Intern"

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      • Culture & Values
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      • Comp & Benefits
      • Senior Management
      Former Employee - Project Engineer Intern
      Former Employee - Project Engineer Intern

      I worked at Skanska (Less than a year)

      Pros

      Got to do a lot on the field

      Cons

      On a large project, fellow interns did very little

      Advice to Management

      Upper management needs to connect with their people

    2. "Project Manager"

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      Current Employee - Project Manager in Bend, OR
      Current Employee - Project Manager in Bend, OR
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      No opinion of CEO

      I have been working at Skanska full-time (More than 5 years)

      Pros

      Good company with growth opportunities. Excellent pay and benefits for the job.

      Cons

      Do have to travel for work, excess of policies and programs.

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    3. "Skanska Project Engineer"

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      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      No opinion of CEO

      I have been working at Skanska full-time

      Pros

      Good salary and benefits. You are well taken care of at Skanska.

      Cons

      Better communication from upper management.

    4. "Project Engineer"

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      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      Pros

      Great benefits and well taken care of by employer.

      Cons

      Skanska is a huge corporation and does not offer a lot of room for growth in your career. If you want to invest 20 plus years to move up then this would be the company to do that with.

    5. "Average but could be great"

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      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Recommends
      Negative Outlook
      Disapproves of CEO

      I have been working at Skanska full-time

      Pros

      Skanska builds some cool projects
      Good benefits
      Many employees want to believe in the stated workplace values

      Cons

      Below market salaries
      Below average people are tolerated for a really long time before they are moved out of the company
      The sustainability pitch is more talk than walk

      Advice to Management

      Value the people who are working hard, committed to living the values. Get rid of the people who don't meet those behavior standards.

    6. "Construction"

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      Former Employee - Field Staff in Evansville, IN
      Former Employee - Field Staff in Evansville, IN
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      I worked at Skanska full-time (More than 3 years)

      Pros

      Compensation, Job Transfer, Growth Opportunities

      Cons

      Long Hours, Work Stability, Communication

      Advice to Management

      More training opportunities and cross training.

    7. "IT"

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      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee

      I worked at Skanska full-time

      Pros

      None at all my peops.

      Cons

      Too many cons my peops.

      Advice to Management

      Replace

    8. "Challenging rewarding if you want to learn"

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      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Doesn't Recommend
      Negative Outlook
      No opinion of CEO

      I have been working at Skanska full-time

      Pros

      If you are independent, you can learn lots

      Cons

      Need to be part of the inner circle

    9. "Assistant accountant"

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      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Recommends

      I have been working at Skanska full-time

      Pros

      Flexible working hours, great team support, valuable courses.

      Cons

      Salary is fair but not the best in the industry.

    10. "Experience"

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      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee

      I worked at Skanska full-time

      Pros

      cool projects, good exposure, lots to learn

      Cons

      project oriented, not people oriented