Where does all the $$$ go? - Anonymous employee McKinstry Employee Review

2.0
Feb 9, 2016
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Good people to work with.

Cons

I have worked here for a long time. Every year the company sets goals that they know are just out of reach so come the compensation period they can say "here is the best we can do seeing that we didn't meet our goal this year." It does not matter if you were a rockstar or an average employee. The HR department is busting at the seems with how many people they have but every week there seems to be a new face over there. I have always been concerned why we have a larger HR force then most of the huge generals in the area...

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