Many Employees Are Considered "Pawns" - Project Manager McKinstry Employee Review

2.0
May 31, 2015
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Nice PDX office. Nice PDX West Side office...when it was open. Pay is average. Benefits are good.

Cons

Out of touch management. Unit managers lack leadership ability and experience. Company does not have the reputation they claim to have within the construction industry. Very, very high employee turn-over. Many unit managers consider employees to be pawns: to be sacrificed whenever the unit manager needs a "scapegoat". Estimating in both mechanical and electrical is seen as "overhead" and only marginally necessary. Still use very, very archaic estimating methods like excel spreadsheets! Very behind the times!

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Pros

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Cons

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1.0
Jul 16, 2026
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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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