Stantec reviews

Terribly organised and lead, unsure how they stay in business

Each business center (BC) operates like an independent company, and there are usually multiple NC's in the same physical office. BUT there is ZERO office culture, BC's rarely collaborate (if ever), and there is no feeling of actually working for a large firm. You will be judged every week by how many billable hours you log on your time sheet. And Stantec will set completely arbitrary and unrealistic targets for utilization for staff, which often varies from person to person doing the same function! Fall below your target and be prepared to get a nasty email or worse. Despite being a multi-disciplinary firm, all senior leadership roles are engineers. Excel at an engineering project and you are good, but excel at an allied discipline (architecture, landscape, etc.) and you will go virtually unnoticed. There is an almost unhealthy focus on safety. While safety is important, not every meeting, PowerPoint, teleconference, or interview has to begin with a "safety moment". Ridiculous. Also a very frugal company. Not much interest in investing in training, equipment, or people. IT support is quite amatuerish and some back-office functions are handled in India, which saves money for the company but is very client unfriendly.