r/BurnsMcDonnell

I accepted an offer last fall for 80k for construction coordinator role. My start date is in August, after graduation. I probably shouldn’t have said yes so soon without looking around more.

I went back to school after a decade and have worked as a coordinator in home building for almost 3 years now. I recently got a promotion and raise to 80k. Some of my peers who have less or no experience have received similar offers upon graduation.

Has anyone had a similar experience?

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I've been here a few years now and I'm still struggling to understand why the company is so hard set in their ways, especially when similar companies seem to have more modern approaches to work life.

The WFH policy is barely a WFH policy. there's not even enough days to take a WFH day once a week for the whole year. There's no reason we couldn't be getting at least 1 or 2 WFH days a week like other companies. In all honesty, most jobs at this company (and most companies) could be fully remote with little to no change in how the job is done or productivity. I can confidently say that in my few years of being here, I can count on one hand the amount of times being in the office actually seemed necessary. Most of the time, you just spend 30-60 minutes commuting every day to sit at your desk and have every meeting and message be over teams anyway, so what's the point of coming in?

Also, it seems like this company is very reluctant to allow any relocation. It's one thing if you're trying to switch practices, but from what I've gathered speaking to coworkers and hearing their stories, it's very hard to convince them to let you switch locations while remaining in the same practice, too. Unless the location you're leaving is way understaffed or the location you're going to is way overstaffed, it really shouldn't be an issue. One coworker in my practice but a different department had to fight with upper management to transfer cities even though he had been hear for over 6 years and was a really good performer. And the company just didn't seem to have a good reason not to let him except for control.

Idk, overall it just seems like as a company BMcD is trying to remember the glory days of corporate power where everyone came into the office and stayed at one location their whole lives, whereas other companies have adapted to modern work-life and allow relocation and WFH much more readily.

I was originally told it was the first step in being named leadership roles like VP and up but the Chief of Staff was on the list which I thought Chief of ______ is pretty much as high as it gets other than CEO.

New hire here! I was told in my onboarding by the recruiter that she’s never seen ESOP contributions go below 11%. However, based on what I’m seeing on this sub and the projection from the Aspire Financial Modeler it looks like it’s around 16%. Is that for real? If so, that’s a hell of a deal.

I understand this percentage depends on a multitude of factors, including company performance, but I would appreciate any and all insight!

I've been with the company since 2023 and see these announcements every year about "New Associate Class" and "New Principal Class", what is the difference between the two?

Anyone ever jumped levels in the middle of the year? Assistant to Staff, Staff to Senior?

Why is it a big deal? Someone staring at 12 how much time does it take to be 14?

How many levels are there ?

What’s the general consensus on our new Chief People Officer? Never heard of em

I am in the 3-6 yoe range as P&C engineer for a EPC consulting firm. I am looking at a staff level position and was curious what the typical work structure like. Do you own an entire project or are you doing tasks directly under supervision of a senior/lead? What are typical tasks/projects I can expect to do?

What does career look like for some with a strong mix of business development and technical, a systems thinker that can run and execute substation, renewables, microgrids, interconnection and power markets. This is a rare combination and I don't see how would the company evaluate a profile like this and what role would be appropriate? Appreciate your inputs.