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Holder Construction

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Do not waste your time and talent here. - Preconstruction Engineer Holder Construction Employee Review

1.0
Nov 3, 2019
Recommend
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Pros

You are given much responsibility and learn a lot.

Cons

Work Life Balance: You are expected to work 60-70 hours a week on average-doesn’t matter if you are in the field or in the office. You are constantly under a lot of pressure and overloaded with work. You are expected to work well past 10 hours a day, and if you attempt to leave after 8 hours, you will get looks from managers (sometimes may even get stopped by them on your way out ). Work Environment: There is no true leadership in the company. People are conditioned to be workers and work under scrutiny constantly. Their tactic is to instill fear so that they can mold employees into whatever image best suits them. Many people with the title of VP or Senior Manager have no real leadership skills. They hold these positions because they learned to keep their heads down when getting yelled at by upper management, and trample over people with the same title or beneath them as soon as they get an opportunity. Camaraderie between field staff and the office is nonexistent-field staff is treated like less and lives in constant fear because of management. There is absolutely no diversity within this company. I’d say it’s a 50:1 ratio of Caucasian to any other minorities with no one of color in any sort of leadership position. Pay: When comparing the number of hours worked to salary given by Holder, employees are vastly underpaid. After leaving Holder, I personally was paid 15k more with better benefits for the same exact position at a different company (not including a 15k bonus and an existentially much better work life balance). Do not let their fancy projects and technology lure you in. Truthfully 70% of projects are data centers (which are basically ugly box buildings). Do not waste your time and talent on this company. Leaving was a great decision.

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Holder Construction Response
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Thank you for sharing your feedback. Holder’s associate growth strategy involves promoting and hiring internally. To ensure we have a pipeline of associates available to step up and fill vacant positions, we give associates great responsibility and valuable experience early on in their career. This responsibility inherently comes with longer hours, but not at the expense of work-life balance. Holder encourages all associates to take time each day and utilize PTO throughout the year to unplug and recharge to avoid burnout. We are sorry to hear you felt intimidated and unable to do so, and we encourage associates to have conversations with their manager should workload become unmanageable. Holder is the leading data center contractor in the country, and they comprise 28% of current and past projects in our portfolio. We are proud to be trusted by numerous blue chip clients to construct their highly complex and critical infrastructure. The remaining 72% of our project portfolio consists of diverse product types in various markets including higher education, aviation, hospitality, and corporate and commercial office buildings. Company leadership is dedicated to tackling the lack of diversity within the construction industry and at Holder. We have assembled a dedicated team to lead our diversity and inclusion initiative, and on-going, company wide inclusion training. Holder has a dedicated diversity and inclusion officer, who solely focuses on increasing the diversity in our offices and on our job sites. Our D&I officer directly supports our diverse Holder associates, many of which we recruit directly from several HBCUs across the country. Additionally, Holder has established a community foundation to support social justice with an associate advisory board.

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