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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4K reviews
2.0
Jan 18, 2017
Recommend
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Pros

Beautifully appointed, well maintained physical office facilities. Lots of company social events and reasonable quality lunch/ learn seminars.

Cons

Top-down hire and fire culture. Layoffs are common. "Polite and openly friendly with a dagger in your back culture". Managers are well paid, and are always in meetings, rarely in the trenches with project staff. Will blame team members for any problems on their work teams. Middle management, ie Project Managers are more powerful than anyone else, but often refuse to take ownership of project losses, ie of their poor management skills.

2.0
Oct 8, 2016

Vice President

Recommend
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Pros

Broad spectrum of projects. Some opportunities to interact with experts. Offices are located in many areas. Nice people in some locations.

Cons

Very low respect for administrative staff and lower tier personnel. Management is terrible and unaware of reality. Growing too fast and stubborn resulting in high turnover.

1.0
Sep 16, 2016

Employee

Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Here, you as an employee and or client can suffer. Increased billing rates and ridiculous legal jargon will fill your daily activities, the company overhead is enormous. Lawyers run the whole company. Stantec will provide you with infior equipment, the slowest internet available, lackadaisical IT, less capable and more expensive "Prefered Providers", and then require much higher utilization for employees OR ELSE...... They will tell you, during aquisition meetings, that everyone has a place and a job. Additionally no one will be let go so don't worry. Just wait, it all changes and so many will be gone before you know it, including the clients and so much work. The Stantec moto is " We Do What is Right and People Come First".... Blaah Blaah Blaah. It is a scam. If you are acquired start looking for a new job, you will need to and WANT to. Within two years you will see why if you are not already gone. With Stantec employees come last, then clients, then the stock holder, and finally the management. Stantec wants and demands your soul and dignety. The Stantec upper management continuously prospers with huge paychecks and bonuses from acquisitions, while employees and clients suffer for these indiscretions.

Cons

All you need to do is read the pros section of this review. There you can see where great, happy, prosperous companies go to die. Stantec buys competition to "KILL" them. They do this because they cannot compete financially with their outrageous hourly rates and enonormous overhead. If you are a "Yes Man/Woman", then Stantec is the place for you to work. However; if, you are educated and respect yourself, go elsewhere and enjoy your life and career -please.

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