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Updated May 5, 2023
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- "Bad managers are promoted because they are power hungry and do what ever it takes to climb the corporate ladder." (in 2 reviews)
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- Former Employee, more than 5 years★★★★★
Very good company to work for, nothing bad to say
Feb 15, 2016 - Field Service Technician in El Centro, CARecommendCEO ApprovalBusiness OutlookPros
Friendly, helpful, caring, not high stress. If help is needed just ask and you will get it. HR is great. All atound great company
Cons
A bit disorganized at times, some things are more important than others one day and the next they are forgotten about
Continue reading - Current Employee, more than 1 year★★★★★
Good but going under
Sep 25, 2015 - Service/Training Director in Dallas, TXRecommendCEO ApprovalBusiness OutlookPros
Great thinking atmosphere. Free to use your mind. Great health benefits. Pay is good and the local team are easy to work with.
Cons
Too many mergers, not enough employees, things change before anything takes effect. Pay periods are twice a month which is horrible. Stocks are declining at an alarming rate.
Continue reading - Current Employee★★★★★
Pros
Interesting and progressive work environment
Cons
NGV technology is awesome but a challenging sell. Company keeps downsizing hoping to find its niche. Lower gasoline prices complicate the message.
- Former Employee, more than 1 year★★★★★
Deplete and discard
Mar 31, 2016 - Design Engineer in Dallas, TXRecommendCEO ApprovalBusiness OutlookPros
Flexible schedule, variety of projects, decent salary.
Cons
No support from management, unreasonable deadlines, mistake repetition, no recognition for stellar job performance.
Continue reading - Current Employee, more than 1 year★★★★★
Pros
Located in Vancouver and technology based company. Nice office location which is not in downtown Vancouver. Good work life balance. Good training available.
Cons
Very unstable. Not good change management in difficult times. Very political and difficult to get promoted or raise in compensation. Average salaries are very low compare to industry.
Continue reading - Current Employee, more than 1 year★★★★★
Don't waste your time or talent here
Feb 1, 2014 - Anonymous Employee in Plymouth, MIRecommendCEO ApprovalBusiness OutlookPros
People are diverse and very knowledgeable. Travel budget is unlimited with no restrictions on alcohol while entertaining.
Cons
Every 6 months they're re-organizing and changing their business model. People never get to excel and meet objectives. Constant changes and lay-offs becomes very daunting leaving people to wonder if they're next to be cut. Very high turn-over for this type of company.
Continue reading - Former Employee, more than 1 year★★★★★
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Feb 25, 2014 - Anonymous Employee in Vancouver, WARecommendCEO ApprovalBusiness OutlookPros
Good health and dental benefits, flex work hours, good co workers,
Cons
Poor management, horrible and poor HR team with lack of knowledge and support, favouritism, money burning company and after they burn up everything they keep laying off the lower level employees.
Continue reading - Former Employee, more than 1 year★★★★★
Pros
there was nothing there that would be a PRO
Cons
The operations is in total tail spin, they could carless about if it is good decision just do it. to work in that environment is childish.
Continue reading - Former Employee★★★★★
Good work life balance. Not much else.
Jun 6, 2017 - Anonymous EmployeeRecommendCEO ApprovalBusiness OutlookPros
Work life balance good. Reasonable PTO.
Cons
Company just doesn't know how to make money. Favors new product development over selling current products.
- Former Employee, more than 3 years★★★★★
Interesting Work. Very low pay.
May 5, 2023 - Mechanical Engineer in Vancouver, BCRecommendCEO ApprovalBusiness OutlookPros
The product was a very interesting and there was a lot of exposure to various transportation standards.
Cons
The salary was awful. Regular reviews were non-existent. Some of the mid-level management were not pleasant to be around.
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Westport Innovations has an overall rating of 2.7 out of 5, based on over 69 reviews left anonymously by employees. 20% of employees would recommend working at Westport Innovations to a friend and 16% have a positive outlook for the business. This rating has improved by 5% over the last 12 months.
20% of Westport Innovations employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews. Employees also rated Westport Innovations 3.1 out of 5 for work life balance, 2.6 for culture and values and 2.3 for career opportunities.
According to reviews on Glassdoor, employees commonly mention the pros of working at Westport Innovations to be coworkers, work life balance, benefits and the cons to be diversity and inclusion, senior leadership, career development.
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