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Sundt Construction, Inc.

It may be considered an employee-owned company but it does not have regard for its employees. 

Work life balance is not ideal. Employees are overworked, forced to do overtime without pay. Employees are assigned to projects very far from their homes and not a lot of opportunities to take a vacations which often leads to dissolution of marriages and breaking of families.  Employees are told to relocate but with little financial assistance to be able to do so. Employee surveys seem to show good results but people complain about how unhappy they are every day over dissatisfaction with management's decisions and treatment of employees. Employees are simply not valued enough. The only real thing that keeps people from leaving is because of the so called ESOP.

They claim to be an employee-owned company with a stock ownership plan that benefits all employees.  However, the only ones that do put in the hardest work are the least to benefit from this stock plan. It seems that with any kind of compensation, the only ones in management positions benefit the most.  It might as well be "management-owned" and not employee owned.

People are recruited to join the company with the promise of huge stock ownership amounts but are not employed long enough to be vested. Just when one is about to be fully vested, their employment is terminated.

I was employed with Sundt for 12 years.  I started in the Heavy Civil Division and moved around within the Commercial Building Division.  There is no room to advance or promote from within because all the Supervisors were the children of Project Managers and Upper Management.  Most Production mistakes were the direct results of Supervisor scheduling or lack of fore site to order or have proper material delivered.  Supervisors congregated in job trailers and very rarely patrolled the jobsite especially in the summer. Or they stood with their arms crossed to watch carpenter crews work or otherwise sweat while barking orders.  THE NEPOTISM within this organization was the worse i ever experienced.  They seemed mostly clueless to proper scheduling and manpower and certainly didnt care about quality.  "Good enough" was an industry standard!   The lack of SUNDT signs around the Valley i thought was a good indication they were going out of business.  One can only hope.!  The greatest thing about SUNDT was the benefits.  

Sundt managment and their foremans are unskilled, and untrained. They will lie to cover up their own ineptness. If you try to educate the management to avoid mistake in code and project layout they become insecure and vindictive. They use displinary actions carelessly with no cause to cover up their lack of knowledge. HR and ethics lines are a joke. They do not respond to complaints nor do they care how managment promotes or terminates employees. This the absolute worse company I have ever worked for in the construction industry with over 20 plus years in construction. Do not be swayed by the money it’s not worth the time you will spend standing around with no parts or the wrong parts. How they have managed to survive as a company for as long as they have is a mystery. Moral is about a 0

Manager hired me because on my knowledge but I was not allowed to use my experience in my job.  Manager constantly had me do extra work to prove my decision was the correct one. They promise all kind of things to get you excited to work there then BAM.  You start your job with absolutely no job orientation.  Just a figure it out kind of attitude.  I had a 1 week orientation and wanted to quit after the first week, due to no guidance from my manager.  I stayed thinking it would get better - I was mistaken.  It only got worse.

They did not even check to make sure that I had all of the computer access that I needed to perform my tasks.

If you like be treated like a you know absolutely nothing, then you will enjoy working there.

A lesson in the perils of poor management. The constant turnover in leadership positions speaks volumes about the dysfunction at the top. Unfair treatment and favoritism run rampant, creating a toxic work environment where employees feel undervalued and demoralized. What's worse is the lack of depth among those in charge; they operate like robots, devoid of empathy or understanding. Decisions are made without considering the well-being or growth of the team. Overall, my experience was a disappointment. Until significant changes are made in management, the organization will continue to suffer, dragging down morale and potential. It's a cautionary tale for anyone considering joining this company. 

This company uses the ESOP as a reason to be cheap.  The ESOP made a lot of people money during the restructuring of this once failing business.  Now that the company has cut every corner, the company mind set has become "Cheap".  The medical benefits are the cheapest you will ever see in any company.  The management does not acknowledge work well done by anybody and if they did it would be done with a homemade card made out of scrap paper.  

As a place to get your "feet wet" in the construction industry this company will work well.  The turnover rate is high and jobs are easy to come by.  Don't plan to make Sundt Construction a life long job.  There are much better construction companies to work for.

The company itself is very good. The programs and benefits are great. I was often encouraged to move up at least by a few of my bosses through the various apprenticeships they offer. They take safety very seriously especially at the intel site in Chandler (to an obnoxious degree). 

As far as culture or day to day business, It mostly depends on what crew you end up with though. I was on a few different crews during my time there. Some were unorganized and constantly behind while a couple I was on were praised regularly for doing great work. 

Overall the company is amazing, but your outlook on the job itself will vary depending on who you work with and who is managing you. 

Sundt construction is a great company that offers a number of benefits and retirement plans for career employees. They have educational programs as well that offer opportunities for advancement. They truly believe in a safe environment for employees and expect employees to choose to work safe for not just themselves but also their co-workers. Just like in any job though sometimes the people placed in charge are not always the best pick for Foreman positions. It's my only complaint about the sundt construction corporation.

What is the best part of working at the company?
The Fellow employees that I worked with.

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
Lack of planning and uncertainty of what the work will be day to day.

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
Poor management, every day being told how much the company is losing on this job. 

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
Show up for morning meeting being told how far behind the job is and sent out without clear plan. The Foreman gives you a direction then told something different by superintendent.

There are alot of upsides to working at this company, benefits are definitely great, pay is competitive. However, alot of the things the companies stands for and pushes to new employees doesn't really follow through to execution almost 3 years later. They have a lot of processes that seem to be in place for the sake of it without a notable benefit.  While this is a new and developing region, the local management doesn't seem to have the correct priorities by seemingly hiring endless hire ups, without the projects to support it. It's a decent company, but could use some improvement.  

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