Management Ignorance (Arrogance?) On A Massive Scale - Pre-con Manager McKinstry Employee Review

1.0
Feb 5, 2015
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Compensation was OK - just OK. Health care and retirement are good. The buildings: PDX headquarters & SEA headquarters are quite nice.

Cons

The title says it all! The "C" level managers are leaders and are quite good. The Mid-Level management is the worst that I have experienced in my entire 30-year career. These individuals are, for lack of a better term, arrogant morons. The employee surveys that we took reinforced this fact every year: our managers were some of the worst (had the lowest recorded scores) of any managers that the survey company had ever seen! When we pointed out to the managers how they could improve their performance as managers and/or improve employee moral, we were either fired, laid-off, or "written-up". When we sought other employment - as most disgruntled employees do - we were fired on the spot if our managers found out (or even suspected) this fact.

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Pros

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Cons

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1.0
Jul 16, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Decent salary and PTO policy Onsite gym for a fair monthly price Cool rooftop golf setup Nice little taco truck nearby outside

Cons

This place has extremely poor leadership and is very toxic at every level. Prepare to be micromanaged, ignored, gaslit, and shown zero empathy for heavy workload or personal emergencies by mediocre middle managers. Principals are checked out and are too busy creating new promotions for themselves and drinking wine at the CEO’s ranch. The bonus structure and profit sharing is laughable and a complete lie from what is listed on Workday. Annual raises aren’t even competitive to inflation. The C-suite executives are only focused on blatant nepotism for their own kids and relatives. HR puts people last and only cares about the company image (typical at most companies but they don’t even try to sugarcoat it). They force people to come in (3) days a week but they don’t even have enough parking. There is a cafe that sells mediocre food with typical expensive Seattle prices. The healthcare package is complicated, expensive, and relatively unknown to all providers. As a billion dollar company, they go cheap on the company holiday party and literally just host it at the office.

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