Stantec reviews

3.7

69% would recommend to a friend

(3,575 total reviews)
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Gord Johnston

79% approve of CEO

61% positive business outlook

Stantec has an employee rating of 3.7 out of 5 stars, based on 3,575 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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4K reviews
1.0
May 22, 2015
Recommend
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Pros

You learn fast. You work on some big projects Great place to build a little bit of a portfolio and meet some big name people.

Cons

As an entry level engineer you are expected to know as much as a P.E. If you don't know the content they can be very condescending and get frustrated. They tend to look at mistakes and not see the work put into it. It is good for quality, but bad for moral. And speak in an extremely condescending manner. My manager has called me stupid or hopeless a couple of times. A co-worker confided in me that his counselor said he is suffering from a bit of "workplace bullying." When I spoke to a manager about how to be better at my communication with them it was taken that I was attacking them and things got a bit hairy for a bit there. Most of the managers seems to look annoyed when they are trying to walk from point A to B and you are walk across their path. One manager the other day saw me turn the corner and almost walked right over me (it is a corner that people have near misses all the time, but this time it was different he saw and didn't even care). Another manager won't even acknowledge me when I say "Good Morning (name)".

5.0
May 21, 2015

Project Manager

Recommend
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Pros

Great teammates; exciting projects (large and small). Good compensation for Project Managers/Senior Engineers. Hard work is well recognized by upper management.

Cons

Too many profit centres (BC's). Some departments could be rather political. RRSP and stock matchings can be more attractive (not 1:1).

3.0
May 21, 2015
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

safety and skills training. great group of peers that for the most part were not cut-throat and would actually share skills and knowledge

Cons

Management. too many redundant managers and sub-managers. See "office space" for further clarification. The management does not practice the company's commitment to Work/Life balance (they would never directly ask staff to sacrifice vacation time or use vacation time instead of non-billable administrative hours, rather they would "suggest" how you can balance the extra work demands by using your vacation "wisely"). The obsession with the utilization rate and the ridiculous number of times they ask you to estimate how "chargeable" you will be in the coming weeks is disruptive. If that rate drops at a time when their profits are suffering you will have a big "layoff bullseye" on your back, regardless of the number of years you provided your services to the company.

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