Terracon reviews

3.8

70% would recommend to a friend

(1,142 total reviews)
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M. Gayle Packer

87% approve of CEO

61% positive business outlook

Terracon has an employee rating of 3.8 out of 5 stars, based on 1,142 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Terracon employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Construction, Repair & Maintenance Services industry (3.7 stars).

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1K reviews
1.0
Nov 19, 2014

Tech

Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Working in the field for terracon sucks. If you have a family avoid this place.

Cons

Ok money for minimal work. Field technicians as an career should make more money due to the time having to be spent out on the field.

3.0
Oct 9, 2014
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

It is a pretty good company. You get an annual bonus around the Nov/Dec timeframe - non-managers usually $100 to $500 before taxes. The company gives each location "spot" bonus money (usually $50 or $100 pre-paid visa cards) to hand out to employees throughout the year. If you are lucky enough to work with a manager who has a "mentor" mindset, you will learn a great deal. It is employee owned and you aren't working for shareholders outside the company.

Cons

Should you work for a manager with NO vision, you will go nowhere, learn very little over a long span of time, and have to be your own leader, not have an opinion, etc. My office had a warm body in the "Leader" chair but no vision, no communication, not a person who tries to help others advance or learn, not a manager or leader in any sense of the word, weak minded with a bad attitude and a BIG ego.

2.0
Oct 9, 2014
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

The co-workers are an ok group of guys, none I'd go have a drink with but they do all look out for each other. Nice to have a compensation for using your personal phone for work about $70, but not worth it when you have an obsolete android phone. They are heavy on safety because people hurt themselves everyday. People have died on jobs or going too jobs.

Cons

Hired for full-time but have had a day or two off almost every week. Work is either there or its not. I've had to do a lot of labor work(moving file cabinets, chairs, tables, sweeping,counter tops) all because of their remodeling. They hardly ever have enough work for the maybe 20 employees they have. Hard to call-in even the day before because they scheduled you for a 2:30 pour. I've been here over 3 Month with NO INSURANCE! They keep sending me 401k paper work in my mail but not once Anything about insurance. Everyone I work with has Insurance but me. Construction is a very difficult field to work in, and just isn't for me. I'm use to being able to clock in and out on a job. This job requires you to charge your time to each and every job you do through a company laptop. You never get a good amount of sleep when your work is early in the morning or is later in the day (2am or 7am) Its too unpredictable here.

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