Stantec reviews

Very easy to get stuck in a rut, not learn anything new. In my medium length career with stantec the work has been very boring, mostly admin work. Stantec resourcing is run off a costing spreadsheet not your wishes to develop as an engineer. Very much treated as a number and not really valued. Above Line Managers there are no good leaders, senior team hide behind slogans and fake promises for the future.

High technical competence is valued secondary to management abilities and soft lips. If you expect to be promoted based on hard work and technical ability this is not the place for you. Stantec is a management company first, an engineering company distant second. No premium salaries or bonuses for technical staff, only for management staff. Very easy to get stuck in a rut, not learn anything new and find yourself a 5 yr veteran with 1 year of real experience. You must manage your own career. Internal review process is a joke. If you disagree publicly with any senior management decisions you will be branded a trouble maker and find yourself on the outside. Being a team player is of vital importance. I have witnessed many vaguely competent people proceed rapidly up through the management track by parroting anything anyone above them in the chain of command says. This has resulted in an extremely ineffective intermediate management structure that pays only lip service to those under it. Focus is always on those above it and how to make them look and feel good so you can make the jump to the next salary bracket. What you say is much more important than what you do. If you grasp this and are adept at self promotion you can do well here. If not prepare for disappointment as others take credit for the hard work you have done.