MDA reviews

3.6

73% would recommend to a friend

(646 total reviews)
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Mike Greenley

52% approve of CEO

65% positive business outlook

MDA has an employee rating of 3.6 out of 5 stars, based on 646 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The MDA 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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646 reviews
1.0
Sep 9, 2021

Scammers

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Beware of this company, they are scammers. They try to lure young people in by promising exciting space jobs - but pay you and work you like a slave. They have so many managers, yet the company is incredibly mismanaged. Go figure. It’s essentially a bunch of boomers getting paid $100k+ salaries, walking around like a bunch of chickens with their heads cut off. Also, they really aren’t working on anything innovative. The space sector in Canada is pretty non-existent (thanks, Liberal party). If you really want to work in space, you should probably head over to the states because this ain’t it. Seriously though, live in the most expensive city in Canada but barely get paid $50k after taxes = great life, right? Pathetic.

Cons

Pay is extremely low. Modern day slavery. Too many old people who don’t let young people do anything. HR is nonexistent and move at a glacial pace. Also full of old people… hmm are you seeing the same trend I am?

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MDA Response
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Thank you for taking the time to share your experience at MDA. We are very sorry that it was not as positive as the majority of our employees report. If you haven’t already done so, we strongly encourage you to reach out to your Human Resources Business Partner to share the specific details of your situation as we are always looking at ways we can improve. That said, we did want to address a number of your comments: Many of our young employees start with us through a Coop experience. We hire almost 100 Coop student each year and the vast majority of those chose to return and work for MDA after graduation. They cite the exciting work and the important mission we are involved in as just of few of the reasons they return. The space sector in Canada is actually thriving and vibrant. Because of the work MDA is doing to support the Lunar Gateway and Canadarm3 as well as the lunar base for Project Artemis, the Canadian Space Agency will have the honour of having an astronaut on the Artemis 2 mission, the first manned Artemis mission around the moon in 2023. And the work we are doing around satellites and space payloads as well as geospatial analytics, intelligence and ground operations is world leading. Not to mention our work on Mars and deep space exploration that is very high profile, exciting and impactful. There has never been a better time to join the space industry. From a salary perspective, we constantly survey the market to ensure we are competitive and adjust as required. To date this year (2021), we have hired almost 600 new employees, the majority of that to fuel the growth of our expanding business. Many of those new hires left existing jobs to join us. That would not be possible without a competitive pay structure. Thanks again for your comments.
3.0
Aug 29, 2021
Recommend
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Pros

Compared to other companies, the pay is good for a technician position. Coworkers are friendly. The CEO has a lot of potential.

Cons

There is a big lack of planning. Tasks are created spontaneously without proper consideration. Technician are on their own, no support and no training. Some senior engineer closed to new ideas. No opportunity for advancement. Your salary is not dependent on your skills, but on the worker's union. Sometimes there is nothing to do and other times your are asked to perform too many tasks in an unrealistic timeframe. Layoffs are common.

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