Stantec reviews

Poor leadership. Management calls themselves "leadership" which is a title they do not deserve because they lack the skills necessary to lead a team of professionals. A small group of "old boys" call the shots and inflict their backward way of doing things on the rest of the company. They stifle innovative thinking and do not contribute anything of value to a project. They are in fact a drain on a project's budget. The company is too bureaucratic and their management structure and quality process is prohibitively expensive. When profits go down the rank and file are asked to work harder and improve their charge-ability while management spends hard earned dollars at three day get aways to develop the next business plan. The recommendations of those businesses plans is to fire staff in order to reduce costs. Hardly a formula for continued success and growth.

No job security. When things slow down, company is quick to cut rather than find solutions to keep people working. High management turnover (which should tell you something). No job description, no mentorship for new employees. No one tells you how to do something correctly, only criticizing your work after you make mistakes. Management does a poor job of managing work and employees to keep them all busy. The company only views you in terms of your billable hours; even if you are doing other work which benefits the organization (such as proposal writing and technical initiatives), if your hours billed to actual project work falls below a certain minimum, you are in trouble.