EllisDon reviews about "pay"

- Work load. But seems like it is common here in construction field - Too flexible with ways to do the work. I'd like to have a bit more structure - Difficult to get pay raise

Long working hours Unrealistic expectations New Hires from PCL try to bring PCL's culture Low pay - Don't rely on shares, bonus or profit sharing (0-5%) Extremely hard to get promoted under new structure Unorganized due to which your efforts go unnoticed Nearly impossible to get promoted from APM to Project Manger - Better to switch jobs Difficult for people of color to get promoted and have executive positions in the company

Health insurance, you have to pay for dispensing fee. Site offices are disorganized, far from corporate level at head offices.

Very badly organized, no structure to projects, no team work across departments. The absolute worst aspect is the senior management, they create a nasty work environment where everyone is miserable and do nothing to build a proper team. They Harbour toxic personalities and do nothing to address glaringly obvious issues with particular managers that create terrible work environment for their staff.

HR will promise work life balance and all sorts of perks. They will promise good mentorship and professional advancement. The truth is that once you are installed the work will get piled on your desk and you will be coerced to take on more work, even if you are unprepared or under-qualified. You will be in a position where you will not be able to say 'no' to work, even if that work is beyond your level of preparation. Support? None. The senior guys that are already entrenched in senior positions will be nothing but a hindrance to your work. They are accountable to no-one. HR is no to be trusted. When I came to them with these issues, and the insane overtime I was working all I was told was: 'that's the nature of your position', after I was recruited under the pretense that I would have a good work life balance. Further, as a low level employee, seniors will not respect your schedule or self autonomy. Seniors will demand that you take on authoritative and forceful relationship to sub-trades, which in my case I knew would lead to burning my good reputation with guys that I had been working with for years. Lastly, I am not rating this company at the lowest '1-star' because it would not be fair - the opportunities are there, but only for those who are willing to work 12-hour days and abandon family, friends and all sense of a healthy balanced life. Don't mess up like I did, do not trust their HR. I would even say that this is a sophisticated company that spends a lot in marketing itself to potential employees. Even some of the other glassdoor reviews seem entirely skewed. Oh yeah, BONUS: this company strongly encourages some sort of cult adoration of Geoff Smith, the son of the actual founder of EllisDon, who apparently inherited the company and is now the boss (he doesn't care at all about employees). That's why EllisDon has the highest revolving door and lowest retention of professionals among the larger construction management companies in Canada.

seems all were good during my time

- Upper Management can be quite difficult

Long hours, high stress Pay can be on the low end considering expectations Can be tough to break into executive cliques