Excellent Company - Anonymous employee City Projects Employee Review

I started working with city projects back in 2013. I was 17 year old at the time fresh out of high school not knowing where my life was heading to. City projects took me as an apprentice and showed me everything I know. It all started from demolition then I learned framing, drywall,tbar, glass, doors and frames, much more. I have learned more than what is on our scope of work. We sometimes take on specialized work as well. 3 years later at 20 years old I started running small jobs. The jobs got bigger and bigger over the years. Now I’m 26 years old running the biggest jobs in the company. Over the years a skill i have been able to achieve with this company is construction management. They not only teach you how to work but they teach you how to manage and become a leader. If you are a hard worker, show respect and care for your work, they treat you like gold. They put me through school and made me a journeyman. During Covid they had me working my full 8h everyday. It felt like nothing was happening and the pandemic never affected my work. The only reason I am leaving the company is because over the years I started loving construction management a lot and I have decided to take my management skills to the next level. Going to school for project management and will be a site superintendent in the meantime.

Derwyn needs a new van 😜

Very hard to think of any pros.

I would recommend that anyone applying at City Projects does their due diligence in researching the company. In my opinion this company is a total boy's club where certain sexist behaviours are allowed and even encouraged. Use of religion by the owner in the work environment, which I personally find hypocritical as he often participates in sexist comments. - No overtime pay (banked hours are at regular pay) - 9 hour shift - Dust, smells, no proper ventilation - Inappropriate behaviours are allowed towards women and immigrants - Very high turn over, even for construction