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Turner Construction

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Turner Construction reviews

4.1

87% would recommend to a friend

(2,182 total reviews)
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Peter J. Davoren

94% approve of CEO

79% positive business outlook

Turner Construction has an employee rating of 4.1 out of 5 stars, based on 2,182 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an excellent working experience there. The Turner Construction 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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2K reviews
3.0
Mar 26, 2010
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Good benefits, opportunity to move within different departments, positive company reputation

Cons

Too much internal "PR"; information isn't freely shared with the company. Bulk of promotions and pay increases awarded to the "chosen few" rather than being truly merit-based.

2.0
Dec 6, 2009

The best decision was quitting.

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

You either work in the office or on the field. I worked in the office, aka corporate side, and received excellent dental and health insurance benefits. People, although some lacked knowledge, were generally very nice to one another and tried hard to get along. Management was understanding to give time off if you needed it for medical or personal reasons.

Cons

All management decisions were made behind closed doors, which occured DAILY. Management strongly disliked someone on their team. I am pretty sure 90% of the time, their conversation behind closed doors were about him. Gosh, how much bad mouthing can you say about your employees on a daily basis? I was new to the dept so I was always LAST to know everything. Sometimes, I wouldn't even know my coworkers wouldn't be in the office ALL week until I saw them show up at the office with luggage. Now, If I would of done that, I would of been fired. Everything started to be kept too hidden and secretive for me. I started to dislike them. People who did not pay me and were not my manager would stop by my desk just to see what I was working on. In my opinion, that is just nosy and annoying. I was never invited to conferences. How are you supposed to learn and grow when your coworkers and managers make you feel excluded? This is the reason why I started losing interest. This is a clear example that you can only get promoted if management likes you. The work hours in my Dept were by far the worst in the entire company. Some would work from 9Am to 3 in the morning!! You do not get paid overtime and the company announced they would not give raises due to the economy. So why are you allowing the company to suck the blood out of you?

1.0
Jul 29, 2009
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Turner allows young professionals the ability to learn very quickly since they are given a tremdous amout of responsibity very early. They are a very large company which allows the employee the ability to transfer or suitcase. They have wonderful insurance.

Cons

Turner is a very political company with the headquarters in New York. The office is clearly run with favorites and if are not one, do not expect a promotion or any praise for your successes. The HR department is nonexistent, so if you have an HR problem, they will turn it around as your problem and sweep it under the rug. New employees receive no training and are required to "sink or swim" leading to a tremdous amount of turnover.

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