How a company changed within six years - Recensione dipendente - Superintendent presso Graycor

It has taken me approximately 6 months to write this. With “New” upper management in place, comes new ideals and philosophies. All of a sudden it was about rules and harshly sticking to those rules which didn’t apply or we’re never enforced in the previous years of my employment. Managers would also pick favorites and if you were not in their favorite list, you were on their shortlist. Once you made the short list, one or two imperfections that you made, they would ultimately show you the door. I was in a meeting once and a senior executive manager brought up something that he didn’t like from an owner’s rep that happened six years in the past, and he was still griping about it. Way to let things go. The southern division based out of Charlotte is just a disaster. Senior management at that location, easily points fingers at subordinates and holds grudges indefinitely. They are not your friends. The southern division has the most turnovers in all the Graycor corporation. Overall, my first 4 1/2 years at Graycorwere excellent. We all worked as a team including upper management. I had great experiences working on some wonderful projects with some wonderful people. The last few years were an absolute disaster with new management members causing riffs between teammates and sending superintendents to all ends of the country for a short durations of time. Projects became smaller and smaller. Gone were the days where you could spend eight months to a Projects became smaller and smaller. Gone were the days where you could spend eight months to a year on a project; it became a couple to six months at the most. Also, they did not want to increase the per diem, even though the cost of lodging, Airbnb or hotels or apartments went up dramatically. When I first started, upper management told traveling superintendents they would never get hurt when they were on the road. By the time of my exit the per diem barely covered lodging and food. On a couple of projects I even lost money and they did not care. Also, they rescinded the per mile reimbursement for your vehicle as they stated we pay for your gas we don’t pay for your mileage. Graycor definitely changed during the time I was there and not for the better.