StandardAero reviews

3.3

46% would recommend to a friend

(447 total reviews)

Russell Ford

54% approve of CEO

50% positive business outlook

StandardAero has an employee rating of 3.3 out of 5 stars, based on 447 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 & Defense industry (3.6 stars).

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447 reviews
2.0
Jan 22, 2015
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Clean work Enviroment, friendly people.Cross training is always available in other areas.Clean cafeteria with good healthy choices to select from.

Cons

This is where it gets interesting.SAL was once a good place to work....you actually had a career to go to.....but now its just a job.Since DAE purchased SAL,it was all down hill from there.....with wages being frozen,the 2% cost of living gone,very poor wage increases(less than 4%).Yes they certainly brought their own culture to Canada.Poor pension plan,vision care has not kept in line with inflation.....Bonus program......seriously.I know that there are lot of engines out there to be overhauled and only a few in our building......its pretty safe to say that the work is going south.i have never spent so much time on non prod in my history with this company.I have seen so many talented technicians leave the company over the years....all for greener pastures.What i don't understand is why SAL spends so much money on training and development for its employees on cross training.....only to watch them walk out the door over a few more cents an hour.....wow.If the employees are a the back bone of this organization....SAL has alot to learn on how to take much better care of its assets.This ship is the Titanic...and we all know what happened to that.

3.0
Sep 19, 2014
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Good people, and some good benefits. Pay is ok, but negotiate a high wage from the start or it will take forever to make money. The work can be ok at times. Most of the people are good natured and work hard. When I started a year ago the place was good.

Cons

The company itself is good, the products are unique and interesting as well as the clients. However, the management is really bad. Like all companies there's been a recent change of management, and most of the management currently in place is really bad. They act clueless, naive and don't make good business decisions. The current management structure is afraid to make decisions and when answers need to be made or met, they want to pass the buck off to someone else in another department for a later day in time. Which means the results don't happen or they are really bad. Lots of salaried people there in many divisions (engineering, design, quality, management) seem to just want a check and won't accept perform their positions which places the burden on hourly production. Get rid of the dead weight management dragging the place down, hire good people that know the industry well. There is a lot of naivety prevailing with management, and it's accepted. Even when you tell them well in advance of how to avoid hassles and problems they seem to pride themselves on inaction. Nepotism is rampant and a bit out of control. Maybe more than I've ever seen anywhere else.

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