StandardAero reviews

3.3

47% would recommend to a friend

(446 total reviews)

Russell Ford

55% approve of CEO

50% positive business outlook

StandardAero has an employee rating of 3.3 out of 5 stars, based on 446 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The StandardAero employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Aerospace and defence industry (3.6 stars).

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446 reviews
1.0
Sep 24, 2016

What was once great, is no more.

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Very interesting and varied work scope. A great bunch of people working on the floor, with great attitude, work ethics, and attitudes. I consider them my friends and family rather than co-workers. Ability to cross train. When they had the large fire at their .location no one was laid off. Reasonable pay but could be better. Very safety oriented. Need a job, good place to start, take their training ,enjoy your time there, enjoy your co-workers, but never trust the management, your just a number..

Cons

Where should I start. Your career development path is small, usually only based on what your manufacturing cell does, or if your related to some one you have it made, the better worker you are the less chance of promotion you have, and the more work you have to do.. They have a no layoff policy, but choose to fire the most senior employees with the highest pay and most amount of vacation time, unfortunately most employees were unwilling to unionize in the past to curb this. Witnessed favouritism, and unethical management behavior. Human Resources could be considered subpar, good for arranging extra curriculum activities and firing workers, but no professionalism or ethics. Standard used to be a great company to work for, you felt like part of a family, unfortunately the Americanization of it as led to its downfall. A Great company that started with headquarters in Winnipeg, with a great CEO has seen the headquarters shifted south, a management team degraded, and a Human Resources Department which ironically needs a complete repair and overhaul.. Lots of politics. Ever wonder why Standardaero never makes the list of Manitoba's Best Employer or Place to Work?

2.0
Mar 31, 2016
Recommend
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Pros

-Most employees are good people to work with, very helpful and willing to go out of their way to get tough jobs done; -very clean and bright facilities; -big focus on safety; -some attempts at team-building -have a quarterly bonus system based on company business targets

Cons

-Compensation - pay scales are way behind many other industries, benefits are only slightly better than having no benefits; poor choices for pension investing; -Management - very political, focused on career preservation not on managing, would rather see people overloaded with work than hire for proper staffing levels; -HR department is so management focused, employees don't trust them -quarterly bonus payouts are embarrassingly low, hardly worth the work that must go into the program

2.0
Jul 1, 2014
Recommend
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Pros

Very clean shop, with big focus on safety, some very good people to work with, good Christmas party (free).

Cons

Lower than average pay, poor benefits, "bottom-line" management focus to the point that employees are made to feel like consumables; politics entirely focused on self-preservation especially in front line and middle management; too many "yes" managers who won't stand up for their employees.

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