Calspan reviews

3.1

36% would recommend to a friend

(88 total reviews)

Louis H. Knotts

63% approve of CEO

43% positive business outlook

Calspan has an employee rating of 3.1 out of 5 stars, based on 88 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Calspan employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Aerospace & Defense industry (3.6 stars).

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88 reviews
1.0
Aug 25, 2016

Company does not support employees.

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Coworkers were really nice. Reasonable salary.

Cons

Employees get no support. Constant micromanagement and finger pointing, without training.

4.0
Nov 11, 2015

Good small company - on the rise

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Calspan has a small company feel with a lot of large company benefits. It has world-class testing facilities - so interaction with large companies (as customers and vendors) is the norm. Benefits are very competitive for Western New York area - and the company does as much as it can with extra perks along the way. Great opportunity for work/life balance.

Cons

Calspan isn't a very large company, and therefore sometimes internal opportunities are difficult to come by. That being said, an ambitious person with a diverse skill set will be recognized and go far at Calspan.

4.0
Sep 16, 2015

Fun and Technically Challenging

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Working with transportation safety is very fun. The group is young, diverse and smart. We continually get new technical challenges that we must solve. If you don't like these challenges, go work at a large engineering firm. This is a team environment where your coworker has your back. The management is sometimes disconnected, but they do listen and try to work together with the operations when they can.

Cons

Flexibility: it goes both ways. There are some projects with strict deadlines which require extra hours. The staff is partially Union, and partially non-Union. This causes difficulties working together.

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