Terrible,no job security ,no severence, - Anonymous employee Stantec Employee Review

1.0
23 June 2017
Anonymous employee
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Pros

They will give you a job in some new merger or acquistion.You will be bought in to fix Stantec problems then got rid of. They also furlough people to get out of paying severence.

Cons

They mislead staff and new hires and get rid of people once a problem is fixed.No loyalty..expensive benefits.No job security. They don't value staff in any department and many departments are low paid . The senior mangers who have bene there for a long long time like in RIhcmond VA, are just rude, non caring people who dont care baout staff. .Nicknamed " the "body shop" in the business.Health funds disappear,pay goes missing.HR ignores problem.Stantec is a Mergers and Acquisitions compnay wiht bad long time senor management. so expect a fair amount of chaos as the acquire, slice and dice and re-purpose the assets they acquire. They also furlough people to get out of paying severence.

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Pros

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Cons

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