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Top 100 Companies To Work For - How Contractors Rank...

Every year I look forward to seeing the issue of Fortune magazine that ranks the "Top 100 Companies to Work For" because I like to see how many construction industry companies make it onto the list.

This year is a serious disappointment with only three companies making it to the list and of those only Granite Construction being what I consider a hands-on, mainly direct-hire construction company.

Knowing that there are serious labor shortages facing the industry where a large amount of companies will be fighting for a finite number of qualified people I would expect that more attention would be paid to making our industry more exciting for employees.

COMPANY

RANK

WHAT MAKES IT SO GREAT?

David Weekley Homes

www.davidweekleyhomes.com

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Founder David Weekley, whose messianic vision shaped the homebuilder's zany culture, allocates half his pay to charity.  Last year, after the company placed 24th on our list, all employees were given their birthday's off. 

Kimley-Horn & Assoc.

www.kimley-horn.com

28

At this engineering consultancy employees typically work 7:30 to 5:30 Mondays through Thursdays and leave at 11:30AM on Fridays.  And any employee can award a $50 on-the-spot bonus to a colleague.

PCL Construction

www.pcl.com

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Employee ownership is the cornerstone of PCL, a Canadian construction company with nearly 200 job sites and offices in the U.S.  All shares are employee-owned, with no one allowed to control more than 5%

Granite Construction

www.graniteconstruction.com

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The construction firm's employees applaud CEO Bill Dorey, who "isn't afraid to admit he doesn't know something."  There's no salary cap, but Dorey's salary is only ten times that of many heavy-construction-equipment operators.

Source:  Fortune Magazine Top 100 Companies To Work For List, January 2007 Issue



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