Terracon reviews

3.8

71% would recommend to a friend

(1,142 total reviews)
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M. Gayle Packer

88% approve of CEO

62% 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
4.0
Jul 17, 2011
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

I get the exposure to the nature of projects I want to work on. I have worked on large roadway projects that are technically challenging and smaller projects to fill out the low times. I have a boss that respects my opinion and has the patience to listen to what I have to say, even though I may get shot down completely sometimes. The people I have interacted are similar in nature and makes you love your work. It's not one of those where you have to wake up on a Monday morning and call in sick because you don't feel like dealing with your boss and the workplace in general.

Cons

Sharing resources isn't something that is a strong point about the company. I think they are evolving to times where they realize that the world is becoming flat and the person doing the work doesn't necessarily have to located at the location of the work. Also, all offices aren't standardized and it's don't have consistently similar work environments. Standardization is something that is very difficult when you have offices across the nation, and it's a tough path that Terracon's beginning to work on. However, they are far from accomplishing their goals.

2.0
Oct 27, 2009
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

experience, lots of little projects, some interesting. Lots of clients, many who seem to not pay. strict work ours, not single parent freindly.

Cons

Heavy management, not single parent freindly. Very fragmented corporate management, 401 K requires 5 years empoyement. Majority of work little $$$ projects.

2.0
Apr 11, 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Very flexible with daily hours WFH Benefit Decent all-around benefits Fair Pay for Marketers

Cons

- The SoCal region has a terrible company culture. Leadership takes no interest in knowing their employees (unless you’re the favored ones). After 9 months, not a single person in the company knew virtually anything about me. I was a cog in the machine and that was all. They claim to be the “best at people” which is just BS. - I was hired as a hybrid role and in my first 2 months, after making my first mistake, was told to come into the office 5 days a week making my weekly commute time 10 hours in traffic. - Depressing office spaces. Older buildings. - Worked from a WFH space near the beach and management accused me of lying and was just pretending to work while I was at the beach. - Regional manager is only concerned about the bottom line. In his words “everything comes down to money”. Only a few people gets promoted as a result as that costs the region money. - After moving jobs to a company that really prioritizes their people, Terracon needs upper management that know how to manage people well, not just management who are good engineers.

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