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Duncan Aviation Reviews

3.8

81% would recommend to a friend

(241 total reviews)

Aaron C. Hilkemann

89% approve of CEO

73% positive business outlook

Duncan Aviation has an employee rating of 3.8 out of 5 stars, based on 241 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Duncan Aviation 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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241 reviews
2.0
15 Jan 2018

Sexist and stagnant

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Good Benefits Nice People Pretty much everyone in Lincoln thinks Duncan is a "great place to work"

Cons

People stay in their positions for so long, there is not much opportunity for growth or upward movement unless you can work on aircraft. Managers pick favorites and focus a lot of time and effort and budget to create opportunities for the select few while others fall to the wayside. There is a lot of animosity between various departments. Too many people have worked together for too long and there always seems to be some kind of problem between individuals or from the past the inhibits people from working effectively together to achieve a positive result for Duncan Aviation as a whole. All our systems are from the 1990s. We still use Green Screen (which I remember using to play Oregon Trail). They invest a bunch of money in programmers and IT to support this back asswards system that is rapidly becoming even more irrelevant than it already is and it can't adapt to current technology. Not to mention, it is primarily designed around supporting aircraft in-house. You have no idea how this focus inhibits other departments from growing and competing in a marketplace that is so much more technologically advanced than we will ever be. And there is lesser value placed on the efforts of other departments that don't work directly on aircraft because of course aircraft jobs = more money so in comparison, other departments efforts look small and subsequently there is never any investment made to help those departments grow or establish themselves as a relevant industry business. It is a hopelessly sexist environment. Like I've said, so many of the employees have worked at this company for decades, and aviation was a different culture 20, 30, 40 years ago. That kind of perception and treatment of women has carried through to today. Not to mention only 2% of the workforce is female.

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Duncan Aviation Response
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Thank you for taking the time to leave a review. We are proud of our strong retention rate (92%) and strive to continually develop all of our team members to lead long and successful careers with Duncan Aviation. In fact, we allocate $4.5M a year toward training and development of our 2,200 team members. As an industry leader, we also regularly review and update our practices, policies, and technologies to ensure we remain competitive in this ever-evolving industry. It is true that the aviation industry is attractive to males; however, we have many female employees across all departments and in various position levels. Approximately 18% of our total workforce is female. We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and every employment decision is made based on merit and not on gender, race or previous relationships. Any behavior to the contrary is unacceptable and does not adhere to our Core Values. If you have concerns about the treatment of certain groups in our organization, please reach out to me at Michael.Cox@DuncanAviation.com. Thank you again for your review and for your service with Duncan Aviation.
1.0
5 Jan 2017

Avionics-Gyros

Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Medical insurance from day-one which I ended up needing badly. Leaving the company--happy days there.

Cons

Management is a total joke. They have no people skills and even less management skills. The gyro shop where I worked was a good example of the "Good ole boy" club. Your review was done according to a matrix system. If you were weak in one area and improved, then they would find you weak in another area on your next review---all to avoid advancing you or giving any raises. Screw that game, I put in my one year + and got outta Dodge (Or Lincoln if you prefer.) The company should be renamed Duncan School of Aviation. Get on there, get some experience and get out.

1.0
24 Nov 2016
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Co workers, co workers, co workers

Cons

Management is self interested. Profits are large and not shared with employees. Fear and intimidation. Lip service. Management thinks they own employees. Wealthy owners behind the scenes.

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