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Most adult Americans spend more of their waking hours at work than anywhere else. So the question is an obvious one—where would you rather work: at a place where you're viewed as a number or at a place where you're viewed, treated like and are an actual owner?

McCarthy has been 100% employee-owned since 2002—and the benefits are many:

Personal Improvement/Engagement: Simply put, if you succeed, we all succeed. Every McCarthy employee is asked to improve everyday (and given the tools via training or technology to do so). At the same time, our employees are given wide latitude to develop best practices/lessons learned that can be used across the company.

Personal Finances: Being an owner-employee gives you "skin in the game" through our ESOP—a retirement plan that supplements our 401(k) offering. It's truly "free" money and it grows year-to-year based on the performance of the company (you become a member of the ESOP after one year of service). McCarthy contributes up to 25% of your base pay into retirement accounts—both ESOP and 401(k). Few companies in America come close to this.

While the only true way to discover a company's culture is to experience it firsthand, we'll try to summarize the points we believe make us unique in American business.

Honesty is the best policy. Our word truly is our bond, and the concepts of truth and integrity are alive and well at McCarthy.

Relationships are key. Whether it be with our own employees or our outside partners, the personal importance of relationship building is critical.

A builder mentality. We're not paper pushers as so many of our national competitors have become. A passion for building and craftsmanship drives us to excellence.

Safety is our first priority. Because we're employee-owned, there is nothing more important to us than helping to ensure that you return home safely to your loved ones each night.

Lofty goals. Our never-ending goal is to be the Best Builder in America. Period.

It's all about the team. Well-built buildings and companies aren't constructed by individuals. Almost a century and a half of experience tells us that the team approach works.

Anybody can write a check to a charity. McCarthy's approach is more personal. The charities we support get not only our funding, but they also receive something even more precious-the time, attention and a commitment to make a difference from our employees. 

A large portion of McCarthy's corporate giving (under our Heart Hats program) is driven by requests from individual employees who have a personal interest (and a personal stake) in a charitable organization. The organizations we support include:

• ACE Mentor Program
• Action for Autism
• Albuquerque Public Schools Education Foundation
• Alegent Health Foundation
• Alzheimer's Association
• American Cancer Society
• American Diabetes Association
• American Heart Association
• American Lung Association
• American Red Cross
• Angels Among Us
• Arc of Dallas
• Armed Services YMCA
• Atlanta Center for Creative Inquiry
• Beckstrand Cancer Foundation
• Black Contractors Association
• Boy Scouts of America
• Boys & Girls Club of Carlsbad
• Boys & Girls Club of Westminster
• Boys Hope Girls Hope
• Buena Vista Toy Drive
• Builders Fore Kids
• CALA Alliance
• Caring Solutions
• Carlsbad Education Foundation Kids Care
• Casa de Esperanza
• Catch 22 Foundation
• Center for Fathers and Families
• Center of Creative Arts
• Central Institute for the Deaf
• Cesar Chavez Foundation
• Chandler Education Foundation
• Charles Abbott Memorial Foundation
• Chicanos por la Causa
• Children's Medical Research Foundation
• Children's Healthcare of Atlanta Foundation
• Children's Hospital & Research Center Oakland
• CHOC Foundation for Children
• Coalition for Educational Excellence
• Commercial Real Estate Women
• Construction Careers Center 
• Cypress Mandela Training Center
• Cystic Fibrosis Foundation
• Dallas Center for Architecture Foundation
• Dallas Independent School District
• Deer Valley Education Foundation
• Drew Leathers
• Edgewood Children's Center
• Encuentros Leadership of San Diego North County
• Family Resource Center
• For the Least Ministries
• Foundation for Public Education
• Friends of Kids with Cancer
• Friends of St. Joseph's Hospital
• Fulton County Fraternal Order of Police
• Gene Slays Boys Club of St Louis
• Habitat for Humanity
• Hands across the Border Foundation
• Harvey Kornblum Jewish Food Pantry
• Higley Education Foundation
• Invest in Education!
• Irvine Valley College Foundation
• JFK Sports Foundation
• Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation
• Katie Lundy Foundation
• KidsFirst
• Knickers or Nothin'
• Leap...imagination In Learning
• Los Angeles Valley College Foundation
• Make-A-Wish Foundation of North Texas
• March of Dimes Foundation
• Maricopa Education Foundation
• Marines Toys for Tots Foundation
• MD Anderson Cancer Center Sprint for Life
• Meet the Machines
• Mercy Foundation
• Mercy Medical Center Merced Foundation
• Mesa Preservation Foundation
• Methodist Hospital Foundation
• Metro Theatre Company
• MiraCosta College Foundation
• Miramar College Foundation
• Missouri Women in Trades
• Miyamoto Global Disaster Relief
• Multiple Sclerosis Foundation
• Muscular Dystrophy Association
• National Association of Minority Contractors
• National Association of Women in Construction
• National Council on Alcoholism & Drug Abuse
• Nine Network of Public Media  
• Panda Charitable Foundation
• Pedal the Cause
• Pediatric Cancer Research Foundation
• Peoria Educational Enrichment Foundation
• Phelps Regional Healthcare Foundation
• Phoenix Community Alliance
• Presbyterian Healthcare Foundation
• Ranken Jordan - A Pediatric Specialty Hospital
• Rebuilding Together
• Ronald McDonald House Charities
• Safe Connections
• Saint Louis Ovarian Cancer Awareness
• Saint Louis Science Center Foundation
• Salesmanship Club Charitable Golf of Dallas
• San Mateo County Community College Foundation
• Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital Foundation
• Scottsdale Unified School District Foundation
• Scripps Health Foundation
• Semper Fi Fund
• Sharp Healthcare Foundation
• ShowMe Aquatics & Fitness
• Solid Rock Outreach
• Special Olympics Arizona
• St. John's Foundation for Community Health
• St. Joseph Institute for the Deaf
• St. Louis for Kids
• St. Anthony's Charitable Foundation
• St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
• St. Jude Memorial Foundation
• St. Louis Children's Hospital Foundation
• St. Louis County Library Foundation
• St. Louis Wheelchair Athletic Association
• St. Rose Dominican Health Foundation
• St. Vincent de Paul
• Stars & Stripes Tournament
• Susan G. Komen for the Cure
• Swing Fore Hope
• Take-A-Child Fishing Tournament
• Taller San José St. Joseph's Workshop
• Tanner Community Development Corporation
• Telegraph Hill Neighbor Center
• Tempe Impact Education Foundation
• Tempe Union High Schools Education Foundation
• The First Tee of Greater Dallas
• Tools for Schools
• Torrance Memorial Health Care Foundation
• Trailnet Inc.
• Twin City Outreach Mission
• United Cerebral Palsy
• United Way of Greater St. Louis
• United Way of Metro Dallas
• Unity Shoppe
• University of New Mexico Foundation
• Valle Del Sol
• Veterans First
• W.A.C Industries Inc.
• Washington Neighborhood Center
• Women's Safe House
• Woodall Rodgers Park Foundation
• Wyman
• YMCA of the Ozarks
• Youth in Need
• Zaban Couples Center

Bottom line: in 2011, McCarthy donated more than $1.5 million and thousands of hours to community organizations.

Our personal commitment to giving is personified every time a McCarthy employee is given a paid day off to volunteer his/her time and talents to a variety of civic and charitable organizations.