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Great stepping stone

Administrative Assistant (Current Employee) – Stoney Creek, ON – 12 October 2018

Worked on a contract administrative assistant position. The office is very friendly and welcoming, it was easy to feel relaxed and at home. If you are looking for a job with advancement opportunities this position is not right for it. The office is very spread out with lots of employees that specialize in a certain thing or area, so if you want more work or to move positions those people need to leave or retire first.

Pros

Free lunches, holidays, benefits, understanding management

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Professional environmemt

Stationary Engineer/Building Operator (Current Employee) – Toronto, ON – 8 October 2018

Productive ,educational,friendly,task oriented work environment.
must have the ability to work independently and respond to emergencies quickly.
Must interact seamlessly with a wide variety of clients and contractors.
management ,adequate but overwhelmed.
continental shifts are not healthy.(sleep deprived)
always something new to learn and help staff with.(good )

Pros

learning environment

Cons

Long hours.

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Excellent place to start and finish your career

Recruitment Manager (Current Employee) – Markham, ON – 30 August 2018

Black & McDonald is a fantastic organization with an outstanding corporate culture. Because of the diversity of projects we're part of, and all the support staff required to successfully complete those projects, there are endless opportunities to learn and grow.

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Official response from Black & McDonald Limited

12 September 2018

We greatly appreciate your positive feedback and the time you took to post your review. Thank you for your dedication and work as a member of the Black & McDonald team!

Poor communication & leadership

Administrative Assistant (Former Employee) – Markham, ON – 27 August 2018

Management rarely communicates with employees, apart from quarterly town-hall meetings.

There is no clear direction provided from upper management, the company lacks the desire to move with the times/make process improvements.

Pros

Work-life balance

Cons

Lack of opportunity for growth

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Official response from Black & McDonald Limited

12 September 2018

We are very sorry to hear your experience with Black & McDonald was not a positive one. We consider people our greatest asset and take your feedback very seriously. Thank you for taking the time to post your review and giving us the opportunity to learn and improve.

Great company to work for

Project Coordinator (Former Employee) – Winnipeg, MB – 26 July 2018

Huge company that treats its employees well. The owner of the company is very involved with what is going on. I was laid off, but I would go back in a second. It provided me with excellent experience and everyone I worked with was awesome.

Pros

great people, good management, awesome experience.

Cons

none

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Official response from Black & McDonald Limited

12 September 2018

We greatly appreciate your positive feedback and the time you took to post your review! Thank you for your dedication and work during your time with Black & McDonald and the goodwill you’ve shown us through sharing your experience.

Best management I have ever experienced

Building Operator (Former Employee) – Edmonton, AB – 10 June 2018

This was a very good experience for me. The company had excellent management and safety policies. The only bad part was I was assigned to a very quiet building where not much work was needed, so I was basically bored out of my tree. If I were to get a more challenging opportunity, I would definitely work there again. I actually regret leaving sometimes, since the job I took after leaving here has turned out to be a nightmare.

Pros

Very supportive management, safety was top priority

Cons

assigned position was very boring

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Official response from Black & McDonald Limited

12 September 2018

Fair Company

Project (Current Employee) – Toronto, ON – 1 June 2018

Well advanced company. has been around for a long while. A family company. need to do a lot to understand the system and culture to be able to work well.

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Official response from Black & McDonald Limited

12 September 2018

We greatly appreciate your positive feedback and the time you took to post your review. Thank you for your dedication and work as a member of the Black & McDonald team! Since we’re always looking to learn and improve, we’re also grateful for your thoughtful feedback.

Good people at Black and McDonald to work with

Mechanical Supervisor (Former Employee) – Winnipeg, MB – 29 May 2018

I worked at Black and McDonald for 8 years and was constantly challenged by customers with problems and had fun dealing with problem solving. It was never a challenge to maintain a professional attitude.

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12 September 2018

Don't Waste your time here

Electrician Journeyman (Former Employee) – Stoney Creek, ON – 15 May 2018

never in my life have i ever met such a bunch of ignorant people that have no clue what goes on at there job sites. Preach safety and then do the opposite!

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Official response from Black & McDonald Limited

12 September 2018

Supportive work place

Apprentice HVAC Technician (Former Employee) – Saskatoon, SK – 5 May 2018

Everyday at Black & McDonald was different. I was able to finish the assigned tasks on time.

The Black & McDonald management were very good at giving feedback about how the employees were doing.

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Official response from Black & McDonald Limited

12 September 2018

excelent

Carpenter Apprentice (Former Employee) – voisey bay labrador – 4 May 2018

A good company to work for. Good Wages, met some friends. Was laid off due to shortage of work. I would go back to working with them if there was more work upcoming.

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12 September 2018

No Respect for Employees

Operations Supervisor (Former Employee) – Scarborough, ON – 17 April 2018

Senior Management did not have professional attitude toward department personnel.
Employees were just a number.
No organization or training at job start up.
Much favoritism

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Official response from Black & McDonald Limited

12 September 2018

No Work Life balance

Project Manager (Current Employee) – Ottawa, ON – 2 April 2018

While working with Black and McDonald I have almost never had a lunch break and work 50 hours plus a week. People are great but effort in doesn't equal effort out.

Pros

People

Cons

Long hours with out pay

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Very discouraging environment

Electrician, Epuipment Operator (Former Employee) – Ontario/British Columbia – 29 March 2018

Worked for them a few times now. Union, so I was a name hire. Atmosphere has become extremely poisonous due to pathetic management, site leadership and lack of interest in their own HSE program. The name of the game is bonus money grabbing, before corporate figures out how much the projects have lost. Some of the guys were good to work with, unfortunately too many were arrogant, without the grit to justify the lack of personality. Most of them will tell you how much they know, but nothing ever seems to be done right. Sad to see, as they used to be a great company to work for.

Pros

Free used hard hat

Cons

Pathetic management

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just a number

sale (Former Employee) – Toronto, ON – 28 March 2018

The one thing you should know about black & McDonald is if you get hurt they will get rid of you; seen it time and time again. It was a great place to work at one time but know you are just a number . Most of the management are just looking out for their bonus so like I said you are just a number in their eyes.

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Interesting Place to work

Operations Manager (Current Employee) – Toronto, ON – 26 February 2018

Black & McDonald is a large company that has no "Middle Class" per say. The people at the top make the money, the people at the bottom get opportunities but the people in the middle tread water not getting ahead regardless of how skilled or experienced they are.

If you are a threat to the senior management you will not likely get any opportunities for advancement and the company is run by sales people with no actual knowledge of the fields they oversee.

Pros

Work at home

Cons

Issues with Morals and Ethics as a company

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Terrible Company

Administrative Assistant (Former Employee) – Ottawa, ON – 24 February 2018

Was employed here in 2016 with promises of full time when they found out I was pregnant they decided not to offer me the full time position because they didn’t want to pay into maternity leave. You give it your all and you get nothing in return but empty promises. They have a high turn over and that’s because they have people in there who cannot do their jobs! Too much favortism and office affairs lol lol

Cons

HR Management

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Official response from Black & McDonald Limited

12 September 2018

Not what they used to be

Journeyman Plumber (Former Employee) – Saskatoon, SK – 16 February 2018

It used to have its perks to be a proud employee.. Everything has gone down hill and it starts with management and their deaf ears and egotistical attitudes along with inexperienced and/or underqualified people holding their positions.

Pros

Standard pay rate, weekly pay

Cons

Lack of worker appreciation, underqualified office employees, bad business decisions

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Building a culture

Electrical QA/QC and Turnover Coordinator (Former Employee) – Edmonton, AB – 12 February 2018

Hired on as an electrician and moved up the chain to foreman the QA/QC lead on one project and Commission Tech on another. Black & Mc Donald has a very good work culture.

Pros

very good management

Cons

communication

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Never the same day twice :)

Billing Coordinator (Current Employee) – Greater Napanee, ON – 10 February 2018

A fast paced fun place to work , I enjoy the work and the pressure though that may not be for everyone. Most projects have timelines and deadlines that must be adhered to. Must be efficient and work well under pressure with multiple sources of information and be able to prioritize your work.

Pros

Great learning experiences

Cons

working out a trailer on job site, no consistant location or job security

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Good co-workers

Labourer (Former Employee) – Labrador City, NL – 8 February 2018

Putting diesel fuel in different types of equipment, picking up co-workers at airport from their turn around. Clean company vehicles, cleaning company lunchroom

Pros

The pay

Cons

long hours

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