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Addresses all workplace issues.
Crane Operator (Former Employee), Mesa, AZ – May 7, 2013
Pros: ok pay
Cons: no benefits or paid time off.
*Typically, I'm either operating, cleaning, and/or maintaining a crane throughout any given day.
*In respect to crane work I've learned a lot about building bridges, refineries, and coal plants.
*I rely on my co-workers for accurate crane signals and proper rigging.
*The hardest part of the job is working with inexperienced signalmen and riggers.
*The – more... most enjoyable part of the job is ending each day without any injuries and accidents. – less
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Good pay, good experience, very bad life style
Electrical Estimator (Former Employee), Santa Fe Springs, CA – May 1, 2013
Pros: pay and benefits
Cons: long hours, constant feer of loosing your job.
I've learned a lot, but I had no life in this company. I worked almost 7 days a week. One day I worked 16 hours, showed up late on the next day about 15 minutes, and my supervisor wrote me up. great experience but you will not have a life.
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production production production
Structural Fitter (Former Employee), Ingleside tx – May 1, 2013
Pros: bonus every 3 months
Cons: 30 minute lunch breaks not payed
Very poor management. No leadership or sense of direction. Employees sacrifice a lot with little or no appreciation. My co workers were great. The hardest part of the job was trying to communicate with different crafts to get a task or job done. Most enjoyable part of my job was getting set up with a full days worth of work.
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Poor management
foreman (Former Employee), Arkansas – April 19, 2013
Pros: yet to find them
Cons: no appreciation for work, no bonuses, raises ars poor, poor management, wrong people running workg
Where to start?

First off don't plan on moving up in the company unless you kiss lots of you know what. I've been with the company for 12 years and every year things have gotten worse. Upper management likes to promote their buddies into positions such as, superintendent, project manager, or construction manager.

Money is another thing. I've been – more... on jobs where we've worked 80+ hrs a week, finish the the project below budget, and received nothing. Not a bonus, not a pat on the back, not even a thank you. Managers and corporate are more worried about their stock returns then their employees. So if your looking for a place that treats you like garbage,
works you 80+ hrs a week, and complains when you take time off to spend with your family, I say go for it! But I recommend looking elsewhere. – less
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Great Company
Field Engineer 2 (Current Employee), Renton, WA – April 18, 2013
Kiewit is a great company to work for. They take good care of their employees and demand quality work in return.
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Limited life balance
Engineer (Former Employee), Arizona – March 25, 2013
Pros: benefits are fair.
Cons: communication and lack of support from direct managers and senior management.
This company is only interested in you if you fit their culture and country club philosophies. They will make sure you don't reach the 5 year mark if you aren't part of the club.

It's a young person's company. If you're over 30, I'd recommend that you stay far away from this company. You'll never get a fair shot of being a Stockholder.
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Foreman (Former Employee), texas – February 23, 2013
Pros: excellent insurance
Cons: young management
I worked for this company for almost 3 years all n all its a great company. Some districts are very good others are not the projects managed by young management seems to have a high turn over rate others don't . If they don't like what you have to say they will get rid of you simple as that. Some projects have great attitudes, others don't. Uhm coworkers – more... some good some not so good. – less
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Culture of intimidation and negativism
Home Office (Former Employee), Omaha – February 21, 2013
Pros: i can't think of any
Cons: hr is there for management, not the employees
At first the company seemed to be interested in growing individuals and supporting a work/life balance, but the culture changed in the last 3 years or so to one of stress, intimidation and back-stabbing.

Managers do not take responsibility for their actions and will throw subordinates under the bus at every turn. It's a no-win situation when those – more... managers lie to their own bosses about subordinates instead of growing a pair and admitting they gave bad direction. Even when employees follow process to the letter, they are often chastised when someone in the organization doesn't like the way their projects are run.

You will be expected to work long hours and get everything done without help. 60 hours and more is the norm for 40 hours of pay.

This is not a company that a hard working, innovative person should go to work for. If you are a sheep with no guts, this is the company for you. – less
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It's not culture, it's a cult. Beware.
Marketing (Current Employee), Near Denver – January 20, 2013
Pros: low insurance contribution. free lunches.
Cons: machiavellian, long hours, gossipy mgt style, stale vision, losing stockholder trust and value by the day
Super egos pretending they know what they're doing. Top heavy mgt leads to very long hours for everyone else. Plan on being away from your family if you take a job there.
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– March 1, 2013

Very chauvinistic, male dominated, ego driven management. Super big egos, a few were in the military (I love the military) but they think that gives them carte blanche to treat others like they are peasants. Most of the women are in administrative jobs with out much future. No thanks.

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Great team atmosphere
Engineering Intern (Former Employee), Elgin, IL – January 13, 2013
Pros: great working atmosphere and good pay
Cons: frequent moves would be required
I worked as an engineering intern in the office preparing bids for construction projects. I was impressed by the team effort in the Elgin office that I worked in and the staff diversity. It was a great group of people to work with.
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its the same companey
Carpenter (Former Employee), Omaha, NE – January 8, 2013
I wish I could still be working fom them, but I had to leave the mancamp to go to get my kids or I'd still be there
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A great frim to work for simple as that!
Carpenter (Current Employee), Tioga, ND – December 16, 2012
Pros: you name it! there are to many to name
Cons: if your in, your in ! but if they don't like you ? your out!
I really enjoy the frim, they take care of there people well ,the working staff are well trained,I had a good learing of core steps of the job.
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a company that is not good at all
none (Former Employee), texas – December 8, 2012
Pros: health insurance
Cons: treat people like slaves
Kiewit is a company that doesn't care about the people who work there. They just mistreat them and never let them go beyond. They only use Mexicans for hard work. Eventhough they.don't know the English language they are able to do the job
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Not a very good company for a family man!
Crane operator (Former Employee), Grapevine Tx – December 6, 2012
Pros: free lunches!
Cons: to many chiefs not enough indians!
If you are single like long hours this is the place for you. When I first started it was horrible, these people treat you like a dog. Everyone is from different districts and could care less about helping each other out. There mentality is workers,crane operators, and any one else are replaceable at the drop of a hat. If there's nothing to do in your – more... craft you go home. They could care less about your hours or well being. Now I did meet some awesome people but they had nothing to do with my craft. If your coming to Texas to work for them you've been warned!! – less
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Terrible place to work
Electrical engineer (Former Employee), Lenexa, ks – December 3, 2012
Pros: none- people were unfriendly
Cons: lots of hours with no real benefits. staff had bad attitudes.
Hired me as a temporary worker and I was supposed to get a review 3 months in to determine if I would stay they told me there's not set time for an evaluation. They never gave me benefits and just worked me to the bone until I started asking HR about my benefits and evaluation they talked about when I got the job. Then they laid me off. No job security – more... and I felt taken advantage of. Fussy managers with crazy expectations.Just work you crazy hours and hope you don't start asking about benefits. The environment was toxic- just walking down the hall trying to say hello to someone is impossible. They just walk right passed you. Bad attitudes and super unfriendly. – less
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Little time off
Welders helper (Former Employee), Ingleside Tx – October 17, 2012
Pros: insurance and benefits are great
Cons: only one day off no time to spend with family
Very little time off and long work hours also there is only one main entrance to the yard for over 2000 workers the traffic gets really bad
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– November 19, 2012

They have offer me to work there as a helper in different position. I need know how much do they pay?

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To many hours, to many meetings, not condusive to family life.
Electrical Superintendent (Former Employee), Iatan, Missouri – October 3, 2012
Pros: good benefits, decent pay, many activities through work.
Cons: long hours, no profit share until your 5 year mark, training is a joke.
I worked for this company for 20 months. The office people are great, HR is fantastic, and the company sounds great to work for from what they tell you. I bought into their whole training and mentoring philosophy at the office. When i was sent out in the field it was a complete different train of thought. There idea of scheduling isn't using Primavera – more... but rather a make shift schedule on an entire wall of a trailer with a whiteboard. They work you 12-16 hours a day once in the field and you oversee 2-4 people being a superintendent. What they don't tell you is that you will have to answer to a lead superintendent, construction superintendent and a general superintendent and the there is the construction mamager, lead construction manager and head construction manager the the site construction manager. The superintendent is just a step up from worker in their ladder. – less
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Great
Operator (Current Employee), Brawley, CA – August 11, 2012
Pros: fun people, great pay
Cons: location
Great company. Excellent benefits with fun people to work with.
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First co worked for
Apprentice Pipefitter (Former Employee), Granada Hills, CA – July 4, 2012
At the Metropolitan Water District I worked for Kiewit for two years
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tomac – July 15, 2012

pay for that area should be USD, $ 2000,000.00 yr

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Very safety-oriented company
apprentice (Former Employee), Newport Beach, California – March 14, 2012
Strong focus on safety in the workplace. Very fluid chain of command. Prompt attention to needs. Listen and respond to ideas of their employees to improve efficiency.
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About Kiewit

Peter Kiewit Sons' is a heavyweight in the heavy construction industry. The general contractor and its subsidiaries have a breadth – Read more