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Whiting-Turner reviews

3.8

72% would recommend to a friend

(941 total reviews)

Timothy Regan

92% approve of CEO

71% positive business outlook

Whiting-Turner has an employee rating of 3.8 out of 5 stars, based on 941 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Whiting-Turner 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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941 reviews
2.0
Jul 27, 2021
Recommend
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Pros

- family culture - pay compensation - Great stability - nothing else good to say

Cons

- hours - pay for hours worked - no training or guidance - extreme stress and toxicity

3.0
Jul 19, 2021

Mediocre Experience

Recommend
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Pros

- Fast paced environment where everything is different everyday and you learn a lot. - Learn a lot of skills applicable to most other careers. - Encounter and work with a variety of people from laborers to CEO's. - Usually a pretty fun work culture on project sites. This definitely varies by each project, but most are pretty laid back. If the project is behind schedule, the culture will likely wither. - I was able to transfer offices. - They like to promote from within, they basically hire everyone right out of college and everyone works their way up. It is good for career trajectory, but I also think people are managers that shouldnt be because they dont know how to manage people (not necessarily that they are bad from project numbers POV). - Internal Women in Construction groups and meetings by office. They have a diversity council and have had diverse speakers come by our office meetings. I will say they obviously have mostly white males working here, but I have never been the only WT woman on a jobsite.

Cons

- Overall stressful job. - Team meetings are an overall negative experience. - Work life balance while working on a project site? LOL no. Even if I had my work completed for the day, I always felt judged if I left on time (7:30 to 5:00). - Sexism experienced in the Colorado office. I will say WT has been very proactive with dealing with this. I have had multiple calls with upper management since quitting and there have been direct conversations and additional trainings planned. - PM's just look like they hate their life, but they have the golden shackles with internal stock so they stay. - You will be asked to switch sites in days notice. I received anywhere from 2 to 7 business days to transfer sites (in different states - 2 hour + commute). Sometimes you can decline, but being a young single person, I always felt it was something that was 'a part of the job' but was very stressful (subleasing, moving, etc.). - High turnover with employees because it is stressful. - Understaffing jobs so the PM barely has time to help and train because they are also managing major trades. I feel l like I really missed out on training experiences in Baltimore due to this. - I dont think the money and benefits are worth the stress of this job. Unless you really love construction, I recommend getting out after a couple years. Run, run before the golden shackles take you.

4.0
Aug 19, 2020
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Pay well and from what I've been told there are excellent benefits. Only you have to be here at least 4-5 years to begin experiencing them.

Cons

The company tells you from day 1 that they have never laid anyone off in the history of the company. However, I have seen several around me (including myself) who have made it very clear they are will to travel anywhere with the company but have still been given lay off dates.

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