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Modern Niagara Group

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Modern Niagara Group reviews

3.8

66% would recommend to a friend

(255 total reviews)
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Brad McAninch

81% approve of CEO

68% positive business outlook

Modern Niagara Group has an employee rating of 3.8 out of 5 stars, based on 255 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Modern Niagara Group 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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255 reviews
2.0
Jul 14, 2022

Terrible experience

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

-Nice office -not bad compensation package

Cons

- Very poor , not flexible about increasing salary -Mafia exists clearly in all levels of management and employment and in all departments -job description does not match with their expectations when you start working -low salary comparing to similar companies in building industry -lots of bias and bully people -poor department management -not a place to grow -overall , don't recommend at all

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Modern Niagara Group Response
3y
Thanks for taking the time to provide this feedback although I would certainly like to better understand your comments so that we can use them to be better. For example, you list compensation as both a "pro" and a "con" which is difficult to interpret. The suggestion that the "mafia" is pervasive in all levels of management, employment and all departments is also impossible to action and I take exception to this comment on behalf of the thousands of exceptional individuals on this team. Nonetheless, there is no question that within your experiences at Modern Niagara, there is valuable feedback and I would invite you to email or call me so that I can better understand our opportunities to be better. I can be reached at (613) 315-1875 or by email at chill@modernniagara.com. Chris Hill
3.0
Dec 15, 2022
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

- Decent opportunities to grow depending on the region and your personal exposure to the management and executive team - Innovation-oriented company - To the above provides the best tools available on the market - Opportunity to work on some of the greatest construction projects in Canada - There are still some top-talent leaders within the company

Cons

- It's been nothing but a painful neverending change in the past 5 years - The company keeps losing profitability in the past years due to various reasons including alarming leadership gap and talent outflow, especially in BC and AB regions - With many talented employees exited in the past 3 years (Edmonton and Vancouver are especially vulnerable), some projects have been going through major issues causing financial and reputational damages - Extremely top-heavy executive leadership team, many of whom come from acquired companies by Modern as well as the Client side (PCL and Ellisdon). - Generally, the senior leadership team is misaligned as many of the executives push their own agendas and initiatives not necessarily making the overall business better, but often achieving the opposite results. - To support the above, quite a few senior executives prematurely retired in the past few years, and some have been let go. Internally, most of these moves were viewed as unplanned with no succession planning in place creating further operational gaps and issues in related regions - The company does not live to its own core values and strategic commitments. The culture has been consistently degrading in the past 3 years. Culture in Vancouver and Edmonton offices seems to be non-existent anymore... even the Toronto office is going through rocky times due to leadership changes...

1.0
Jul 21, 2022
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Good pension, office is clean and spacious

Cons

Rude management, no respect, poor pay, stress for no reason, always compared with co workers.

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Modern Niagara Group Response
3y
Thank you for your feedback. Your comments are disappointing and not reflective of the environment or business we identify as. Our Core Values and culture of teamwork, collaboration, and asking for help reign loudly amongst our teams and are built into our everyday operations at Modern Niagara. Feel free to further reach us at eps@modernniagara.com if you would like to further discuss your experience, we remain committed to being an employer of choice.
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