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
May 14, 2014
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Most of the work that Calspan does is interesting for the technically minded person. There are few other places where you can be involved in cutting edge technology and testing like Calspan.

Cons

The executive team has destroyed any sense of enjoyment at work. Other than the chosen few, employees are fearful of losing their jobs on a whim. The new GM has successfully created a vast divide between the workers and the upper management. Company cars and large bonuses are provided to the executives while pay and benefit reductions are handed out to the rest.

1.0
Feb 25, 2025
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Aerospace is booming for the next 5 - 10 years before it dips again

Cons

New management of this company has no respect or appreciation for their employees and is exhibiting the worst leadership imaginable if you would actually call it that.

2.0
Sep 9, 2024
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

- Amazing people. - Good PTO policy. - Tasks were satisfying and made an impact. - If you did well, you were rewarded and promoted.

Cons

- Terrible, terrible work-life balance. 50-60 hour work weeks were regular, schedule was almost never predictable. Coming in on Saturdays were normal during busier seasons - Highly stressful work environment. Company was more interested in finding scapegoats over solutions when something went wrong. - Heavy micro-management. Old school management mentality. - Consistently understaffed. - Little focus on quality/process improvement from management, only making ends meet. - zero retention rate as no one wants to stay here.

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