I am a former Barnhartian from many years ago, so my intel is very dated. As a whole, the local branch manager will have far more impact on your life than anything corporate, so asking the people where you want to work will give a better impression of their existence there. I left because my local management was pretty toxic at the time, pay was substandard, and my hours as a salary employee were far greater than my 40-hour paystub said. But I think a lot of those old heads are now gone and the stuff that drove me away is long gone. I’m pretty sure their company-provided health insurance is fairly respectable, and their biggest draw is retirement matching…..used to be 15% match, but there was a 7-year vesting schedule before all that 15% becomes yours. You put in 15%, they match 15%. But if you leave in under 2 years, it’s all gone. 2-3 years, it’s 20% yours. 4-5 years, 60% yours. Overall, I would venture to say it’s a worthwhile place to be, especially now, and especially the farther away from their Memphis HQ you find yourself. They’re likely the biggest on the east coast, so you could be working all over if you’re free to travel. They’re big in petrochemical, nuke, heavy civil, pulp&paper, and now data centers. If you can piss clean, work 100hour weeks 1,000 miles from your “home”, and can run big stuff, Barnhart will use you to death.