STAY AWAY FROM THIS HORRIBLE COMPANY - Project Engineer Stantec Employee Review

1.0
Mar 21, 2020
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Some good people, but other than that, none that I can think of.

Cons

This company promotes narcissistic individuals into management. The Surrey office suffered for years under tyrannical leadership that created a very toxic and demoralizing environment. Management was abusive towards staff with lots of pressure to bill clients aggressively in order to inflate utilization rates. Upper management turned a blind eye and let this go on for years and did nothing about it despite a long list of very unhappy staff that left for less toxic environments. A similar management style has spread to the Burnaby office. Beware. Avoid Stantec Vancouver also as management there are unscrupulous. Do not work at this company unless you want to ruin your career. An absolutely horrible work experience and environment.

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Pros

Hybrid Work and access to useful engineering tools

Cons

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