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The management within the commercial team are not to be trusted. They are manipulative & feeble in managing the work. They absolutely have to control over the cost and zero understanding of D&C. Their only goal is to cut corners and save money on the job, being unfair to Subcontractors. Not to mention placing graduates and staff with no real qualification on the billion-dollar project just to save on $, (i,e family members without qualifications on the commercial team & site admin with experience on panel beating are put in charge of claims) and often promoted by the change of title to sweeten the deal at no extra pay.Some contracted HR are terrible and have no sense of managing staff. Most are there for their own benefit. it is a grat place to gain some experience but that is all its good for.
Pros
pay, system
Cons
weak management, untrained and unqualifed staff, no work life balance
Worst work experience ever. Some EGMs are totally unqualified and will do nothing but preserve their position, bring along former mates equally unqualified and make redundant everyone that stand on their way.High turn over of staff and no interest in creating IP = no future for the company
Pros
None that I can think of really
Cons
Bullying, disrespect, no training, staff are disposable
I found John Holland a very good company to work for. Everyone was so professional in their roles. I would recommend friends if given the opportunity to make a career with John Holland.
Pros
Great workmates
Cons
Long hours
Not good to work with. So stressfu in working with them. The management is just ther to tell you. Do this do that , the youre on your own. I also encountered brown nose people
Managers rely on their subordinates, subordinates rely on labours, a lousy company. Managers are inept, they are just after their salary too much tslk but no sction
Pros
no pros
Cons
low pay, inept managers
John Holland has no interest in anything or anyone other than its own survival. The senior managers and specifically Alliance/Project Managers quite openly state that there is no such thing as fatigue and will work project employees to excess. Don’t complain or you’ll be removed You can and will be dismissed without notice and they will lie about their reasons for dismissal. DO NOT WORK FOR THIS COMPANY
Pros
Absolutely none
Cons
Excess unpaid hours. They treat you badly.
My day to day work at John Holland includes but not limited to the following; Procuring construction materials, developing scope of work, Subcontract management, assisting Project Engineers/ Project Management and Supervisors onsite and developing ITP.
I participated in a virtual internship with John Holland. It was a great experience. Learnt key concepts of managing the activities on the field, working out concrete quantities, managing the subcontractor's tenders.
I began with John Holland at the beginning of the TSA Alliance with RailCorp. At the time we were learning as the Alliance grew. I enjoyed my time at the Alliance and believe also learned much under the Alliance Manager. My time at TSA was both rewarding and challenging and some of the most engaging of my career.
The company is a good company to work for. The people who are working in this organization are very friendly and supportive. They give a good work/life balance.
Worked on Gas projects in the NW of WA
Supervisors and managerment were good , great bunch of fella s to work with , the site was well organised , safe and the pay was good
Ongoing support and encouragement to achieve innovative solutions to get the job done.
Would definitely return and work for a great team that is developed easily.
- Great Tier 1 Contractor
- Leading company for infrastructure and construction around Australia
- Great training and learning
- Good opportunity for people to move through the ranks within the company
Pros
Great Training and high profile projects
Cons
Long hours and little opportunity for flexible work hours
I was lucky enough to have written myself landed on the Sydney metro brand new train link undsrground from the city out west underground, having worked a sgortbtime in the tunnels was awesome and I hand pretty much the task of getting involved in wirh a bit of everuthing
Good workplace with opportunities to learn a lot of skills
Management keep employees up to date with projects tendered, awarded , etc and other relevant matters
Great diversity of projects to be involved in and job stability, if one is willing to relocate
John Holland is a wonderful workplace with a strong workplace culture, it gives you the opportunity to gain skills, work in a variety of fields surrounding the country rail network and construction industries
- Great company to work with as you will have opportunity to grow and enhance your capabilities with involvement on large and complex projects.
- I felt that my significant contributions on the Project Team ... may not have been appreciated and recognised.
Always busy.
Always do your job well & you may be rewarded.
Always keeping on top of duties & schedules.
Designed to Connect,Thrive & Focus.
End of Month.
A Friendly Environment.
It’s no surprise that they lose so much money on projects JHG need to divorce themselves from CPB, learn how to price projects and get decent design managers project directors are given too much autonomy that allows them to work on their egos they talk a lot about safety but it’s all talk and pathetic ineffective initiatives the GM for safety has never done anything other than preserve his own position
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Very good care taken for yours & others safety, great training generous work hours good pay rates hard but fair workload giving job satisfaction with tasks & required work challenging and well managed and carried out with as much efficiency and safety at all times
lots of things to learn, not stressful
well supervised when you just start your engineer career
most of the experienced engineers are technical and logistic, know what will be happened and is happening
some of the internal roles are tedious, waste too much money and time
lack of project culture
few labors are disrespectful
too much paper works, delay project delivering
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