Stantec Reviews

Pros

Flexible work hours, good community, stock and rrsp options, and benefits aren't too bad

Cons

Communication on deadlines/deliverables are sometimes not clear.

Pros

Large company so lots of resources for project support. There is perhaps some prestige associated with being employed by Stantec as the company has a good reputation. Good work flexibility with work at home options.

Cons

As with any large company, it's easy to end up feeling like just a "number." Opportunities for development sometimes seem limited.

Pros

Industry reputation leads to interesting projects, projects are generated within the group or from other service lines of the company

Cons

Administrative protocols, limited career growth, pay is questionably low in terms of market.

Advice to Management

Stop relying on intangible value of interesting projects and pay market wages, otherwise turnover will remain high

Pros

Excellent employee culture despite corporate size. Management willing to invest in younger employees for growth opportunities, training etc. who display a keen interest.

Cons

Some aren't completely satisfied with the level of supervisor engagement in their career development.

Pros

- Nice Office Location, open concept - Subsidized lunch options

Cons

- Company is going through a reorg

Pros

National calibre projects involving collaboration with engineers in house as well as across several offices around the world. Flexible work hours, RRSP and Stock rate match plans up to 4% of salary, health and wellness benefits are tops, deep resources to keep up with tech and hardware advances, generous Overtime pay, active social scene within bldgs group, semi regular reception events with catered food and... drinks. Demanding projects with a large team are very collaborative and support one another even in overtime, varied skillset of many professionals that bring some technical depth to the table which is valuable for large institutional projects. Work/balance (for me) has been quite good despite my position at the office and my immediate leaders were a pleasure to work with and of great assistance when there were challenges.

Cons

Too corporate with many layers of internal office administration/policies/procedures that often takes away too much time from actual work at hand. Yearly mandatory refresher courses on various internal policies and assignments to ensure compliance to company SOPs, Work and personal relations with coworkers doesn't exist and building friendships or 'family' doesn't work in a large corporation. Overload of... projects with an obsession to Accelerated Cnst.Mgmt contracts resulting in oppressive time frames and insufficient staff and resources to set out BIM practices on a project, BIM compliance between offices doesn't exist and no consensus creating overlaps, lost work, corrupt models. Proper jr. mentorship is difficult in these environments. Transfer options do exist but must be self initiated well in advance to 'predict' any slowdowns in local office. Seem to cater heavily to pleasing shareholders instead of employees therefore the staff are really just numbers rather than persons. IT or tech issues are too cumbersome and inconvenient to address due to various SOP's and phonecalls that takes away much time and patience.

Advice to Management

I think the principals need to step up the game with managing projects and proposals and schedule these fairly and accurately so teams are not burned out or disposed of after projects are out the door and there is no more work. Heavy emphasis on attaining gov projects instead of private sector though lucrative, considerable risks exists if there are political shifts in the Fed/provincial landscapes like whats been... recently happening. Starting techs are probably not the best fit as it is too corporate and a mix of various staff from many different firms offer varying degrees of mentorship that can clash with other experienced coworkers when going from one project to another. Push design team and client base to embrace progressive design principles that push the envelope to increase depth of the firms design services.

Pros

encourage employees to develop skills

Cons

not finding anything wrong yet.

Pros

- Career Progression - Salary - Great benefits

Cons

- Large company with a very corporate structure - Difficult to advance - Pressure to get billable hours

Advice to Management

Be more open-minded as to the potential of your employees.