Pennoni Reviews

3.8

66% would recommend to a friend

(151 total reviews)

Anthony S. Bartolomeo

97% approve of CEO

79% positive business outlook

Pennoni has an employee rating of 3.8 out of 5 stars, based on 151 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Pennoni employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Construction, repair and maintenance industry (3.7 stars).

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151 reviews
1.0
14 Apr 2015

Needs improvement

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Overall employees are highly motivated and dedicated, the company finally began a policy to allow unused vacation time, up to a maximum number of hours, to carry over to the following year.

Cons

HR or senior management writes 5-star glassdoor reviews to boost the company's rating on this site. Divisions are understaffed giving employees heavy workloads, employees are payed below market value, the company has high employee turnover due to job dissatisfaction, no 401k matching, two weeks vacation and one float holiday are earned per year until you've reached five years of service, no earned sick time, expect a 3-5% yearly pay raise.

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Pennoni Response
11y
I’m sorry to hear of your negative experience, but I would like to provide clarification. Pennoni is an employee owned company (ESOP), which gives employees ownership of the company without investing their own money. In addition, Pennoni offers paid sick time, employer paid long and short term disability, tuition reimbursement, professional registrations, memberships, licenses and training. Vacation time, with experience is three weeks annually with the opportunity to buy a fourth week.
2.0
1 Mar 2017

New Engineer

Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

I was told this would be a good place to learn and it was. Different projects, good coworkers. But don't invest too much time. It isn't appreciated.

Cons

Stay for 2 years (more if you like who you report to and you're still learning), learn all you can and then move on because it's hard to move up, and to what? Division manager is the hardest, most thankless job there is.

1.0
29 Sept 2020
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

With the right boss hours can be flexible, benefits are somewhat comparable to other companies

Cons

Sexism and racism tend to run rampant here like many other ACEC companies, you'll get treated like dirt if you're not a white male Very little opportunity to grow (unless you're a Pennoni) blatant nepotism is the only way to get promotions/not be furloughed Some jerks get to stay in middle/upper management for many years, high turnover happens because nothing is done about it With offices all along the East Coast, if you're not in the powerhouse offices (corporate or Newark, DE) you're gonna have a rougher time with growth and will often be forgotten by corporate Only ~8 holidays, and 2 weeks of vacation, takes 5 years to get up to 3 weeks ESOP won't mean much to you unless you're loyal and stay for 6+ years (probably standard but not a great deal) Not giving off christmas eve like previous years, although a privilege, is absolutely stingy. No bonuses either. Company performance has seemingly gone down the drain. No raises company-wide this year (again probably normal considering COVID) but no recognition of achievement = building resentment, resulting in company shedding good employees who move to greener pastures

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