Ok if you start right out of college I guess - Project Assistant Manager McCarthy Building Employee Review

2.0
1 May 2022
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Good Health Benefits Decent Pay - if you don't consider your work hours Free shirts to help build morale Good career opportunities if you start with them when you are young, not for mid-career people

Cons

--"Superintendent's" 2-3 years from college have little to no construction experience. When problems are encountered they lack the experience to offer solutions. Only exception is self perform carpenter Supt's. They don't let those college dummies run those crews because they actually need to produce. --LOOOOOOONNNGGGGG hours, because we're behind schedule, our subs suck blah blah blah --Lazy tennis shoe wearing, only leave the trailer to the gut truck, earbud wearing, look at me, project engineers

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5.0
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Pros

Good hours Competitive pay Good community

Cons

Hectic schedules Large crew Early hours

4.0
10 Apr 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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