Stantec's senior management is very good at producing propaganda geared to make its employees believe they are a top tier employer. This propaganda is frequently contradicted by their actions. The slogan says "One team, 'infinite solutions" however the entire company is setup to discourage cooperation between offices and 'profit centers' (what most people call departments in real life). If one profit center uses people's skills from another profit center, or office, your profit center looks less profitable. If Stantec's profit margin formulas are not met senior management is knocking on your door. A very senior manager within Stantec once told me "The shareholder and profits are number one, Everything else falls well below that." The same manager also said "Clients should be honored to have Stantec working on their project". Since when should clients be the ones who are honored to have a consultant working for them? It should ALWAYS be the other way around, no exceptions. Employee and Client satisfaction is not high on their radar, yet without keeping those two happiest profits will not follow.
Their total inability to adapt to a changing market, regional differences, and new technology is hampering their actual growth.
I worked with my former firm for nearly 10 years before it was enveloped by Stantec. For almost two years I worked under Stantec's rigid rule before I left on my own accord. Stantec can blame the economy all they want for the failures in my region. These failures only began to occur once they started running my former firm their way. The fact remains all other firms in my region were and are flourishing, except Stantec.
Stantec has grown substantially over the years, not by great work but by enveloping as many companies who are willing to sell out. Big promises of management positions to the current acquisition 'victim' which are quickly stripped away and given to the next foolish company who falls for their very well rehearsed, hollow sales pitch.
