Stantec reviews

3.7

69% would recommend to a friend

(3,572 total reviews)
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Gord Johnston

80% approve of CEO

62% positive business outlook

Stantec has an employee rating of 3.7 out of 5 stars, based on 3,572 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Stantec employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Construction, Repair & Maintenance Services industry (3.7 stars).

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1.0
Jun 23, 2017

Terrible,no job security ,no severence,

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Pros

They will give you a job in some new merger or acquistion.You will be bought in to fix Stantec problems then got rid of. They also furlough people to get out of paying severence.

Cons

They mislead staff and new hires and get rid of people once a problem is fixed.No loyalty..expensive benefits.No job security. They don't value staff in any department and many departments are low paid . The senior mangers who have bene there for a long long time like in RIhcmond VA, are just rude, non caring people who dont care baout staff. .Nicknamed " the "body shop" in the business.Health funds disappear,pay goes missing.HR ignores problem.Stantec is a Mergers and Acquisitions compnay wiht bad long time senor management. so expect a fair amount of chaos as the acquire, slice and dice and re-purpose the assets they acquire. They also furlough people to get out of paying severence.

1.0
Feb 10, 2016

Going nowhere

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Average pay and benefits. Opportunities to transfer anywhere in North America. Great loyal employees at the lower levels.

Cons

Worst management structure possible. Very top heavy with no sense of direction and/or leadership. Billable, billable, billable. At the expense of the unwitting client.

3.0
Aug 13, 2015

"We Put People First" -- until they lay them off.

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Good people to work with. No more typical bureaucracy and delays to get things done than any other large publicly-traded company. Very tight security controls. Have staff solely dedicated to acquisitions, so growth is a constant mode of change. Nepotism is not allowed so at least it's not one of "those" companies.

Cons

Typical bureaucracy and delays to get things done, so less nimble than a smaller privately-owned company. Very tight security controls, best plan to keep your personal Internet use to your own devices and Internet connection. Use this company to grow your resume if you need to, but keep looking for something else; I personally saw several people with well over 10-15 years get handed layoffs with very short notice.

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