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      MDA

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      3.6

      75% would recommend to a friend

      (644 total reviews)
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      Mike Greenley

      52% approve of CEO

      66% positive business outlook

      Ratings by category

      3.9

      Work/Life balance

      3.8

      Diversity & inclusion

      3.4

      Culture & values

      3.4

      Career opportunities

      3.1

      Compensation and benefits

      2.7

      Senior management

      MDA has an employee rating of 3.6 out of 5 stars, based on 644 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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      644 reviews
      4.0
      Mar 2, 2023

      Great People

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      The division has a great genuine group of dedicated people who are eager to help you succeed.

      Cons

      Senior executives appear to lack understanding and implement corporate policies and decisions that are often counterproductive.

      4.0
      Feb 27, 2023

      20+ years of fascinating and enjoyable work at MDA Geointelligence

      Staff engineer
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      1. Very interesting and challenging projects in Earth Observation 2. Always something new to learn 3. Clever colleagues who are great to work with and are committed to excellence 4. Good work/life balance (flex time, vacation allowance , work from home 2-days week) 5. Good workplace culture, committed, respectful, team based 6. From my perspective, good promotion of diversity and inclusion, although probably room to further improve

      Cons

      1. Poor incentives for long term retention: given that the Earth Observation missions MDA works on take years to design and build and then last a decade or more, there is a need for long term retention of domain knowledge and expertise but there are no incentives to encourage this. 2. While MDA works in a very technical field, senior management (especially those fairly new) sometimes make decisions without consulting with relevant technical staff who have been in the field for many years. 3. Over emphasis on "One MDA" failing to recognize that different parts of the company have different needs 4. Sometimes need to work long hours over short periods to meet deadlines NB Pros outweigh the Cons!

      5.0
      Feb 25, 2023

      Long timer

      Staff engineer
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      People, opportunity, interesting work, benefits, actual offices, free parking, onsite cafeteria, rrsp, social events

      Cons

      Location in suburban business park, not much nearby

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