Holder Construction reviews

In my opinion there are no Cons, there are many opportunities for improvement throughout the field offices in relation to development and execution of an effective Quality Plan. A huge opportunity is available for the taking, to incorporate the field activities performed daily along with some in-process installation monitoring surveillance procedures, and accountability tools available in the program to utilize when there are adverse trends or a history of repeated quality issues that subcontractors are ineffectively addressing. There are a lot of non-value added activities that could be improved upon in regards to the daily inspection activities. The experience of the Seniors is absolutely necessary in this environment with the vast amount of equipment and complexity involved in the successful execution of providing our clients with a quality product. It is very challenging to train the younger associates with hands-on practice application of the daily quality functions. The passing down of knowledge to the younger associates is vital to mainting and execution of a Quality Program. I think Holder recognizes the seasoned associates can be a huge asset in the development and execution of a Quality Program that leads the industry and provides the utmost level of confidence for our clients that we are leading the way. Inclusion of Senior Associates in the Quality Program Development process is non-existent from my experience thus far, I hope there are opportunities to be part of this challenge.

- Terrible work-life balance, with the excuse "it comes with the industry". Personnel are given lots of PTO day, but are shamed for taking 3 day weekends and have to negotiate for longer breaks. - Lot of the project management personnel have the "work no matter what" mentality; I was chastised for not being readily available while at home sick on multiple occasions. Of course when COVID hit, this took a complete 180 (felt like out of schedule concerns rather than employee health though as employees were consistently asked to break company policy for the sake of the project) - 11-12 hour shifts are to be expected, pretty standard for the industry though. - Teams can become very clique-y, as personnel get recycled from previous jobs.. leading to unwelcoming environments with new projects. - No form of development or training. New hires are given a list of "key skills" and expected to either develop them on their own OR seek out a "development partner" who is often too busy or unwilling to provide constructive feedback. When actually given, the feedback is inconsistent from manager to manager. - The moving services used for relocations are notorious for losing and or breaking things. There is compensation available for these situations, but it just ends up being a major inconvenience that takes months to resolve.