Graham Construction Employee Reviews

So far it has been a good experience working with good people who are organized and more than willing to help solve problems as they arise. It's a good atmosphere.

Pros

Organized

Cons

Not enough work hours.

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Supervisor (Former Employee) - Vancouver, BC - 1 December 2023

What is the best part of working at the company?Don't bother. There are better companies.What is the most stressful part about working at the company?Probably the complete lack of safety commitmentWhat is the work environment and culture like at the company?It had ups and downs. Mostly down.What is a typical day like for you at the company?Preparing for serious incidents/injuries/deaths

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Productive and fun workplace

Carpenter (Current Employee) - Saskatoon, SK - 19 November 2023

What is the best part of working at the company?Communication, safety, , understanding What is the most stressful part about working at the company?Any situation if You have responsibility What is the work environment and culture like at the company?Company work environment like a familyWhat is a typical day like for you at the company?Working day with my colegues in the site

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Possibly the $#!ttiest company I've worked for

Red Seal Journeyman Electrician (Current Employee) - Joffre, AB - 18 November 2023

Was originally working for AECOM. Things were good. Then the division was bought by Graham Construction. The job has been in a steady downhill spiral ever since. Benefits once paid have been taken away. Extra perks gone. Most large companies look at their field level workers as numbers, but with Graham you're not even numbers. Just a warm body. There is zero room for advancement unless you're friends with the higher-ups. Working ridiculous hours with little-to-no notice is expected, and made out as mandatory. If you refuse you'll be laid off so fast your head will spin. ZERO attempt by management to raise morale. No little perks, no employee recognition, no company functions (not even a Christmas lunch ffs!)

Pros

Highest wage in the area while being home every night, Excellent work crew, Very little fighting between trades

Cons

No work/life balance, workers are not valued, toxic culture

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Awful

Project Manager (Former Employee) - Calgary, AB - 2 November 2023

What is the best part of working at the company?Very unprofessional, a company who treats their trades like dirt. You should hear the office staff. Truly a shame. What is the most stressful part about working at the company?Unprofessional truly awful. Worst company ever. What is the work environment and culture like at the company?Boys/Girls Club. Bow down or bow out. What is a typical day like for you at the company?A joke, listening to some of the men in the office talk so poorly and unprofessional to trades/suppliers all day long is ridiculous.

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Insights into Graham Construction

Based on 83 survey responses

What people like

Supportive environment
Ability to meet personal goals
Clear sense of purpose

Buddy system and underpaid

2nd Year Apprentice Pipefitter (Former Employee) - Nabiye - 17 September 2023

Foremen were not experienced and most of them were family. Very clicky and stingy on pay. Didn’t put for travel and there were never enough tools or coveralls.

Pros

Some really experienced journeymen

Cons

Cheap

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It’s the last resort,bottom of the barrel…

Carpenter (Current Employee) - Fort McMurray, AB - 11 September 2023

What is the best part of working at the company?Nothing…,do not work for this company….What is the most stressful part about working at the company?Simply the absolute worst management culture imaginable What is the work environment and culture like at the company?It’s completely disorganized and management heavy,always division at the top…What is a typical day like for you at the company?Honestly it’s an unnecessary difficult struggle to make it through a day.

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Great company

Excavator Operator - Lead Hand (Former Employee) - Powell River, BC - 12 July 2023

Graham is a great employer. I thoroughly enjoyed my position in civil earthworks running excavator. If you show up everyday fit for duty, buy into the safety culture and be a team player, the sky is your limit!

Pros

Benefits, hours, loa

Cons

Nothing worth noting in comparison with similar large scale employers.

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Don’t care about safety or their workers!!! Stay Away!!!!

Forklift Operator (Former Employee) - Regina, SK - 4 July 2023

They only do the bare minimum for safety, have to be watched and told by the client they are working for. When they kill and or seriously injure too many people they just close up that subsidiary company and start another with a new name. Supervisors and foremen are very impersonal. Push their workers to the limit and last minute of every day. No appreciation for the workers shown. Superintendents and foremen are busy running heavy equipment instead of the site, which is their job, because they cannot retain any experienced workers due to the poor work environment. Insult workers constantly to their face, especially the labourers. Could go on and on but it is too depressing.

Pros

It’s a job if you don’t get hurt

Cons

Unsafe, no appreciation, impersonal, don’t care about workers

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boss will be yell at you

Labourer (Former Employee) - Calgary, AB - 22 June 2023

if you want your boss to yell at you, then you can get a job at this company. here they will shout at you for any reason! most uncomfortable to work with you

Pros

free lunch

Cons

long hours

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A stressful place to work

Safety Advisor (Former Employee) - Fort McMurray, AB - 20 June 2023

My boss was a very poor manager. It was a very difficult place to work. Every time there was an incident he would go on about how we were going to lose a contract that we had for 11 years.

Pros

Getting paid

Cons

Working for a micro manager

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Productivity

Journeyman Carpenter (Current Employee) - Fort McMurray, AB - 16 June 2023

Excelente company to work with, nice management, flexible shift free very often free lounch training and courses safety programs easy interviewing and hiring process

Pros

Free lunchtime

Cons

Long hours

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Be careful what you wish for.

Accounting Clerk (Former Employee) - Edmonton, AB - 8 June 2023

What is the best part of working at the company?It was close to my home so the commute was easy. What is the most stressful part about working at the company?Always over worked and not appreciatedWhat is the work environment and culture like at the company?High stress with old school altitudes of upper and middle management.What is a typical day like for you at the company?Startup the computer, take lunch at appropriate time then back to the computer until the end if the day. No talking with coworkers.

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Great Potential to grow

Project Coordinator (Former Employee) - Vancouver, BC - 16 May 2023

Huge organization, one may get pigeonholed. Great potential to grow in the midst of great projects. Managers should work well to identify strengths and weaknesses

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Fast paced work on exciting projects

Project Manager (Current Employee) - Saskatoon, SK - 29 March 2023

Great place to work, lots of opportunities to work on big projects in Saskatchewan . New project assignments every year or two so keeps things interesting and engaging.

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Average job.

Technician (Current Employee) - Fort McMurray, AB - 15 March 2023

Average job, handcuffed by client for manpower so you end up understaffed. Some trades have no representative with management at all. Better money elsewhere.

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Great place to work

Onboarding Administrator (Former Employee) - Calgary, AB - 10 March 2023

Excellent place to work. Great leadership, great work culture, great organisational structure and policy & procedures and employee engagement programs in place.

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Good perks

Manager (Former Employee) - Calgary, AB - 19 January 2023

Good perks but senior leadership knows nothing about how to treat their people. Old boys club and if you dont fit then you're an outcast.Nice to get paid days off between Christmas and New Years

Pros

Benefits

Cons

Treatment of people

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Nepotism and favorites

Heavy Equipment Operator (Current Employee) - Edmonton, AB - 24 December 2022

Doesn't matter how skilled you are or how hard working you are, you have to kiss butt to advance and there too much sensitivity there. Don't work here unless your hurting for money

Pros

Money

Cons

Snow flake culture

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Good and fun place to work

Journeyman Insulator (Former Employee) - Edmonton, AB - 18 November 2022

Safety is number one priority and plethora ppe to select. You feel everyone is there to help you included the supervision. They have two paid breaks. beside that they have best incentive and retention bonus

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Challenging but collaborative workplace

Administrator (Current Employee) - Canada - 16 October 2022

Graham is a busy place but most people are very helpful and want to see you succeed. The benefits are great and it’s an employee owned company which gives people more reason to work hard. It’s a big company so your manager will be quite dependent on your success

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