Great team and full WFH, but demanding workload - Environmental Scientist Stantec Employee Review

4.0
Jun 9, 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

lots of work if you want to work, good team and full wfh is popular with a lot of people (and readily available)

Cons

will work you to the bone, and you will stay in the field for years if you don't adovate for yourself. If there's no work you are not allowed to charge to overhead so use either your banked hours or have to go unpaid

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5.0
Feb 25, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Seems caring of its individual employees

Cons

Very large and spread out company so communication can be difficult

2.0
May 15, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Hybrid Work and access to useful engineering tools

Cons

Projects are inconsistent in organization and structure (some good some bad). High (and strict) utilization requirements of >93% for entry level and mid level engineers results in overtime with overlapping work loads to avoid any downtime between projects. No development or mentorship strategy around work assignments, the main goal is to keep utilization up. Stantec has been very focused on cutting costs by offshoring, limiting conference attendance, reducing volunteer hours, no tuition reimbursement, multiple layers of approvals to attend in-office CPR training, etc. Very corporate environment and top heavy management with over 240+ “Vice Presidents” currently at the company. Difficult to get raises/promotions besides annual raise. Typical raise is ~3-5% with a good review depending on where your current salary is in relation to the pay range for your career level.

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