Fun Job but You Get Taken Advantage of - Test Engineer Calspan Employee Review

2.0
Dec 29, 2019
Recommend
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Pros

Got to see a lot of cool things like car crashes, barrier testing, wind tunnel testing, and tire testing. The people you work with make the job fun.

Cons

Working 60-80 hour weeks and only getting paid for 40 is a major buzzkill and makes all of your employees burned out. The higher-ups kept preaching about record profits but none of them made it to the people that work the hardest and longest for those profits. Work culture is very bad, you get questioned why you are leaving after 40 hours a week or 8 hours a day by upper management. It was expected you work 50 hours and not get paid for it,

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5.0
Jul 25, 2025
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Pros

Unmatched Leadership Growth opportunities Promotes from within Interesting work Compensation

Cons

Every company has a few drawbacks, but Calspan has none that are notable.

4.0
Dec 1, 2025
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Pros

Good company with interesting work

Cons

Structure of company ownership and turnover is not ideal

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