CAE reviews

3.7

68% would recommend to a friend

(1,804 total reviews)
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Matthew Bromberg

53% approve of CEO

60% positive business outlook

CAE has an employee rating of 3.7 out of 5 stars, based on 1,804 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The CAE employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Aeroespacial y defensa industry (3.6 stars).

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1.0
Aug 20, 2014

Very poor HR and Management.

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Pros

The products are some of the most interesting products you can work with. You definitely have job security due to the poor design they are constantly breaking.

Cons

The company will constantly lie to employees and use threats of firing people. HR is the worse they run the company and seem to have a party every quarter during the layoffs. The blame game is played constantly and they will threaten you into working at least 60 hrs a week even though you only are getting paid for 40. You are required to travel on Sunday to a site then do not get home until Saturday. When you calculate your wage per hour you end up make around minimum wage.

1.0
Aug 13, 2014
Recommend
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Pros

Pay check. Travel (if you're selected or suck up to the right person) Some easy posiitons like Test Engineer. Unfortunately, I was not one of them.

Cons

I was employed with the company for 3.5 years, relocated to Montreal from outside the province. In those 3.5 years, I can say the only good thing that came from that time and effort was the compensation. Most of the people working there are nasty. Backstabbing based on your origin, ethnicity or abilities is very common. The group leaders are completely useless, providing no training or any kind of leadership despite the title, they seem to have a practised deflection technique when you ask for help. Engineering managers do not care about either the product or problems attached. The only time I heard from one was when a problem (read: hurting the budget) was dumped on me. And then it was only to put pressure to resolve the issue, not help. The guy who dumped it on me was getting rid of it because he was feeling that pressure previously. This type of scenario is very common, leading to fighting/stress among staff. As long as simulators are sold, I doubt the above issues will be fixed. I recommend to anyone hard working and competent who is considering joining the workforce to do so only if you require the pay check. This is not a place for a long term career.

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