Pros
- Incredible team managers that genuinely care about you and are able to motivate the team while keeping the job non - stressful which is rare. - Amazing team who are funny, intelligent and helpful. Everyone pitches in for tight deadlines if they happen. - Good knowledge sharing within the team as everyone had different backgrounds, while managers enabled us to develop our individual strengths. - Lovely wider economics teams who are helpful and interesting. - Good learning opportunities as we worked on a wide range of projects. I learned so much from those more experienced than me. Overall my experience was very positive and I attribute this to luck of having a great team. Never got Sunday scaries, looked forward to seeing colleagues. Everyone in the London office was friendly and welcoming. I will really miss working here.
Cons
- Below market salary with poor pay progression. Unclear if Stantec care about retention at all. Within 2 months of searching for a job i was offered 3 roles all with over 50% more pay. - Stantec upper management sets pay increases rather than team management, who have better knowledge on market rates for their team members skillsets. - Stantec does not provide adequate time to develop technical skills as they are so focussed on utilisation rates. If it was up to team managers i believe they would give time if they thought it would help job performance. - AL has to be taken over the Christmas period. It should be the employees choice when they want to take their leave.
