W.G. Yates & Sons Construction Reviews
80% would recommend to a friend
(139 total reviews)
William Yates
90% approve of CEO
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- "Great company and great pay" (in 9 reviews)
- "Great people to work with and for and do what they say they will do." (in 9 reviews)
- "Training is good too regarding technological training." (in 8 reviews)
- "Salaries are good." (in 5 reviews)
- "Core Values: Safety, Integrity, Passion and Commitment" (in 3 reviews)
- "Bad incentives Low salary Bad benefits Worst work life balance" (in 8 reviews)
- "Bad management and does not set up projects correctly." (in 5 reviews)
- "No work life balance" (in 5 reviews)
- "Uncaring upper management." (in 3 reviews)
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Found 139 of over 154 reviews
Updated Mar 20, 2024
- 5.0Senior Project ManagerCurrent Employee, more than 5 yearsDallas, TX
Pros
Great senior leadership from the corporate and divisions level. Doing great things in the Central Texas market and will continue to have success. Great bonuses if the project is successful.
Cons
Traveling is very likely due to the types of items pursued.
- 4.0Sr. Project ManagerCurrent Employee, more than 1 yearNashville, TN
Pros
Amazing mega projects to work on Bonus structure Ease of C- Level leadership access Executive team extremely interested in talent development and retention
Cons
Work/life balance Health insurance Vacation Policy
1 - 2.0Assistant SuperintendentFormer EmployeeDumfries, VA
Pros
The Per Diem pays very well on top of the base salary.
Cons
Your work life ratio will be awfull.
- 3.0Anonymous EmployeeCurrent Employee, more than 3 years
Pros
Yates works to provide a family first environment. The friendliest people I have ever worked for. They strive for team work and genuinely care about jobsite safety.
Cons
Project Management, Accounting, and payroll software works like they systems were built in the 90's or early 2000's. Most of the people running the departments in their Corp Offices have never worked anywhere else, or Yates is their first construction company job, so they are not even aware of how far behind in software technology they are, and have ZERO interest in making any changes. What took me an hour to do at my last employer takes 4-5 hours at Yates, because of how restrictive Yates is in allowing access to information, and how difficult their systems are to learn and use.
1 - 4.0Process EngineerCurrent Employee, more than 3 yearsBirmingham, AL
Pros
The pay is good and the community is good. I really like my coworkers. Lots of good experience can be gained through working on the projects that Yates does as well.
Cons
The benefits are poor and the training is poor, but we are working on improving the training process.
- 4.0Project ManagerCurrent Employee, more than 1 yearSan Antonio, TX
Pros
Salaries are good. Family owned care for employees
Cons
Need to hire more quality and technically strong people. Lot of employees come from carpenter and labor experience.
- 4.0Project ManagerCurrent Employee, less than 1 yearNashville, TN
Pros
Large company, plenty of diversity
Cons
Too compartmentalized. Information not shared throughout the project team. Health benefits are good but they are through a private self-insured program so billing is confusing to the medical providers.
- 4.0Assistant Project ManagerCurrent Employee, less than 1 yearAustin, TX
Pros
Slightly above average pay for industry
Cons
Lack of team chemistry at times. Office politics. Long hours.
- 5.0Electrical EngineerCurrent Employee, more than 5 yearsGreenville, SC
Pros
Really great people to work with.
Cons
There are no downsides to working at this company.
- 1.0Anonymous EmployeeFormer Employee, less than 1 yearSan Antonio, TX
Pros
Yates taught me a valuable lesson that there is not enough money in the world to stay at a job that treats their employees like commodities rather than like people.
Cons
-HORRIBLE benefits -HORRIBLE management staff -Will take advantage of you salary wise if you let them -They fire anyone who calls out management's issues
W.G. Yates & Sons Construction Reviews FAQs
- W.G. Yates & Sons Construction has an overall rating of 4.0 out of 5, based on over 154 reviews left anonymously by employees. 80% of employees would recommend working at W.G. Yates & Sons Construction to a friend and 76% have a positive outlook for the business. This rating has improved by 5% over the last 12 months.
- 80% of W.G. Yates & Sons Construction employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews. Employees also rated W.G. Yates & Sons Construction 3.0 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.9 for culture and values and 4.1 for career opportunities.
- According to reviews on Glassdoor, employees commonly mention the pros of working at W.G. Yates & Sons Construction to be benefits, senior leadership, career development and the cons to be work life balance, management.
