Lack of training. - Anonymous employee PCL Construction Employee Review

1.0
26 Jul 2018
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Plenty of people to speak with and gain a grasp of the job. If your into politics within a company this place is probably your go to. your crew thinks about your health usually.

Cons

There wasn't a foreman on my crew and the ''acting foreman'' was often pulled from the group to do other things. Nobody wanted to train me knowing before hiring me that I was green and had no previous experience. I was given the pink slip a week and 2 days later even though i had done everything asked of me; the reasoning being ''you're to green''. I was often asked to do things without proper equipment or lack of equipment Ex: going to pick trash or debris up from under the bridge and not having a life jacket in case of falling into one of the hole areas, and often being left alone without anyone to make sure I was okay or safe.

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PCL Construction Response
7y
Thank you for sharing your experience with us. Creating a safe and healthy work environment is part of PCL’s dynamic culture and is one of the organization’s most central guiding principles. PCL is committed to providing employees with the equipment, training and best practices to achieve a shared goal of zero incidents. We take allegations like this seriously and would like to discuss further with you. Please contact us at glassdoor@pcl.com.

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