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    Aecon Reviews

    Updated 30 July, 2017
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    Aecon President & CEO John M. Beck
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    14 Ratings

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    Pros

    • They have very good benefits, and the company leadership places a priority on being an employer of choice (in 9 reviews)

    • good benefits, management support employees, good work life balance (in 4 reviews)

    Cons

    • Work life balance needs to be established early on and maintained because if you give they will take (in 6 reviews)

    • Extremely long hours with relative low pay when compared against competitors (in 7 reviews)

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    1. "Experience"

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      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee

      I worked at Aecon full-time

      Pros

      Treated employees well and caring

      Cons

      Long hours and stressful at times

    2. "Good Company"

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      Current Employee - Accountant in Toronto, ON
      Current Employee - Accountant in Toronto, ON
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      I have been working at Aecon full-time (More than 5 years)

      Pros

      Good Company to work for.

      Cons

      Long hrs during month end.

    3. "Exciting place to work"

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      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee

      I have been working at Aecon full-time (More than 10 years)

      Pros

      Always progressing
      New Initiatives being launched

      Cons

      Not many cons that I can think of

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    4. "Good place to start your career"

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      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Recommends
      Negative Outlook
      No opinion of CEO

      I have been working at Aecon full-time

      Pros

      Good Atmosphere
      Great co-workers
      Good benefits
      Opportunity to move up

      Cons

      Poor pay/raises
      lack of recognition

    5. "Aecon"

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      Former Employee - Project Coordinator in Bowmanville, ON
      Former Employee - Project Coordinator in Bowmanville, ON
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook

      I worked at Aecon full-time (More than a year)

      Pros

      Great team to work with.

      Cons

      Quite a lot of politics.

    6. "Good company"

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      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee

      I worked at Aecon full-time

      Pros

      they are very understandable

      Cons

      not enough projects for them

    7. "Warehouse"

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      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee in Sherwood Park, AB
      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee in Sherwood Park, AB
      Recommends
      Negative Outlook

      I worked at Aecon full-time

      Pros

      Had the right people in the right places in lower management positions.

      Cons

      Could have used better management during the economic down turn.

      Advice to Management

      None.

    8. "coordinator"

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      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      Pros

      Good Company to work for long

      Cons

      only short term jobs Available

      Advice to Management

      None

    9. "Senior Accountant"

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      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee

      Pros

      Provided a lot of work experience and helped me grow professionally.

      Cons

      Underpaid for work and hours put in.

    10. "no diversity, no women"

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      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Doesn't Recommend
      Neutral Outlook
      Disapproves of CEO

      Pros

      The good things
      Challenging projects
      The challenges
      Clients expectations

      Cons

      The most personally soul-crushing part is that quantity is rewarded much more than quality.

      Advice to Management

      find a path, open up your doors to minorities create opportunities that includes women in engineering and trades.

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