Looks Good on Paper — But Will Burn You Out and Leave You Hanging (MASSIVE LAYOFFS) - GIS Specialist Stantec Employee Review

1.0
Jul 30, 2025
Recommend
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Pros

Salary is OK but benefits are not even slightly competitive. No bonuses too.

Cons

This company sells you a dream during the interview — all about collaboration, values, and career growth — but the reality is far from it. They lay off people without competitive separation pay, and to make it worse, you won’t receive anything if you secure a new job before their “provided” end date. It's a cruel double-edged sword: either stay unemployed just to get a small separation, or move on quickly and get nothing. Their systems are outdated, slow, and not built for productivity. They still use Remote Desktop instead of modern cloud-based tools like SharePoint — and the performance is frustratingly bad. The company culture is stuck in the past, dominated by old-school engineers resistant to innovation. As for the workload, it's brutal. You're expected to finish complex tasks under unrealistic timelines and low budgets, a classic flaw in consulting setups. Management doesn’t care about your wellbeing — their only priority is pleasing the client, even if it means burning out their people. Honestly, avoid this company unless you’re okay being treated like a disposable robot. There’s no real support, no transparency, and no future here. Don’t be fooled by the nice words. Protect your sanity.

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5.0
Jun 22, 2026
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Pros

You will be working with great minds. People have their niches expertise and it’s wonderful to learn from them. Very professional and respectful behavior. Doesn’t feel like other consulting firms where you’re worked like a dog.

Cons

Sometimes it’s hard to build consistent work because people tend to hold on to their projects rather than transferring to junior staff and it’s mainly because the pressure to be billable is high.

2.0
May 15, 2026
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Pros

Hybrid Work and access to useful engineering tools

Cons

Projects are inconsistent in organization and structure (some good some bad). High (and strict) utilization requirements of >93% for entry level and mid level engineers results in overtime with overlapping work loads to avoid any downtime between projects. No development or mentorship strategy around work assignments, the main goal is to keep utilization up. Stantec has been very focused on cutting costs by offshoring, limiting conference attendance, reducing volunteer hours, no tuition reimbursement, multiple layers of approvals to attend in-office CPR training, etc. Very corporate environment and top heavy management with over 240+ “Vice Presidents” currently at the company. Difficult to get raises/promotions besides annual raise. Typical raise is ~3-5% with a good review depending on where your current salary is in relation to the pay range for your career level.

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