Is Aecon a good company to work for?

Aecon has an overall rating of 3.7 out of 5, based on over 882 reviews left anonymously by employees. This rating has decreased by 2% over the last 12 months. 74% of employees would recommend working at Aecon to a friend and 74% have a positive outlook for the business. The best reviews about Aecon have been left by employees working as Project Engineer , Project Manager and Estimator .

Does Aecon pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Aecon employees rate their compensation and benefits as 3.6 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Aecon. This rating has decreased by 4% over the last 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Aecon?

74% of Aecon employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated Aecon 3.6 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.7 for culture and values and 3.7 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Aecon?

Project Coordinator (126) , Project Manager (33) , Quality Control Technician (13) , Estimator (11) , Project Engineer (11) , Senior Project Coordinator (9) , Electrician (8) , Technician (8) , CAD Technician (7) , Engineer (7) , Manager (7) , Engineering Co-Op (6) , Junior Project Coordinator (6) , Project Controls (6) , Superintendent (6)

What are the pros of working at Aecon according to real employee reviews?

"Good Benefits and Stock Sharing program" ((in 62 reviews)); "If you enjoy a high paced environment and great people to work with this is the company for you." ((in 56 reviews)); "The company has a learning culture which is great and always looks for improvements and asks for feedback." ((in 31 reviews)); "A great team to work with" ((in 23 reviews)); "Good work environment and care about their employees" ((in 21 reviews))

What are the cons of working at Aecon according to real employee reviews?

"Long hours and not much else" ((in 34 reviews)); "Poor management, room to grow is available but difficult to achieve, takes a long time for approvals and hire" ((in 28 reviews)); "No work life balance (due to the good hours)" ((in 21 reviews)); "Lower than average salary and low employee retention" ((in 21 reviews)); "Lots of partners and major deadline involve long hours of work." ((in 11 reviews))

What are employees saying about Aecon layoffs in 2026?

Explore Glassdoor’s employee reviews to understand what current and former employees are saying about Aecon layoffs and their outlook for job security at Aecon in 2026.

What Aecon locations have received the highest employee ratings?

Hamilton , Saskatoon , Oshawa , Tiverton , Cambridge , Montreal , Calgary , Fort McMurray , Mississauga , Etobicoke

Aecon reviews

3.7

74% would recommend to a friend

(708 total reviews)

John M. Beck

85% approve of CEO

74% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

3.9

Diversity & inclusion

3.7

Culture & values

3.7

Career opportunities

3.6

Work/Life balance

3.6

Compensation and benefits

3.3

Senior management

Aecon has an employee rating of 3.7 out of 5 stars, based on 708 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Aecon employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Construction, repair and maintenance industry (3.7 stars).

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Reviews by job title

708 reviews

1.0

Jan 6, 2024

Beautiful on paper - Toxic and pointless in reality

Human resources

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Good company on your resume

Cons

Worst culture ever, lots of fighting and cut throat within the HR team. Look at the the "diversity" and you'll notice a weird pattern. They try to advertise diversity but they miss the point in terms of profiles... They'll include a black/asian person here and there in their teams and pictures but in reality these people are simply corporate tools. To progress you either have to be part of diversity, good looking or friend of management. When assigned to a project, it gets very political.. They forget about you and and you rather not say anything otherwise you're automatically lablled as problematic. Avoid this company.. Ellison, Ledcor, PCL, Bird, Pomerleau .. They all have a better culture.

1.0

Jul 4, 2015

old boys club, good luck moving up in this company

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Good projects with a variety of medium and large scaled endeavors, good safety culture, a lot of people in the same boat

Cons

old boys club, management only promotes buddies, hard work does not grant recognition, good luck trying to be someone at this company

2.0

Feb 25, 2015

A good company to get experience, great benefits, low pay and you can only grow if you are someones relative.

Project coordinator

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

-Benefit and pension plan are great. -DCPP Plan where they match up to 5% of your salary. -There are a lot of great and knowledgeable people to learn from. -Field level personnel and middle management are great, they communicate and work together.

Cons

-Extremely long hours with relative low pay when compared against competitors. -No one knows what is going on, and there is extremely poor communication between higher management and middle/field level personnel. -A lot of people who work here are someone's relative, and most of the time they are not as good as people who have been working there for a long time, that hurts productivity and in the end makes you want to leave. -"Old boys club"

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Beautiful on paper - Toxic and pointless in reality

old boys club, good luck moving up in this company

A good company to get experience, great benefits, low pay and you can only grow if you are someones relative.

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