Employer Reviews

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Again, any employer with 15-20-25 job ads up at any one time is a red flag. It doesn’t matter how big or old the company is, nothing is expanding that fast, and the workers are out there to fill those positions at any given time.
Even if there’s that many vacancies, WHY ARE THEY VACANT? It’s even grosser when those ads stay up while occupied year round expecting the door to keep spinning.
It’s usually a revolving door in that situation unfortunately (but not always).
Something to always be mindful of when considering a potential employer, some thrive on their revolving door, which inherently keeps wages down. Very x management theory.

I have to disagree, Porter hired over 1000 people this year due to expansion and are looking for more. I am not sure how good of an employer they are as I never worked there. People I know seem to be happy working there and they ask many to apply.
I am sure other companies in aviation are expanding similarly hiring hundreds if not thousands this year and they can’t be that bad to work for.

That’s a very small exception. 90% of those jobs are on the ops side, very few are ames and pilots. I saw the wages and schedules, I’ll pass personally.

[Bug_Stomper_01]

Again, any employer with 15-20-25 job ads up at any one time is a red flag. It doesn’t matter how big or old the company is, nothing is expanding that fast, and the workers are out there to fill those positions at any given time.
Even if there’s that many vacancies, WHY ARE THEY VACANT? It’s even grosser when those ads stay up while occupied year round expecting the door to keep spinning.
It’s usually a revolving door in that situation unfortunately (but not always).
Something to always be mindful of when considering a potential employer, some thrive on their revolving door, which inherently keeps wages down. Very x management theory.

I have to disagree, Porter hired over 1000 people this year due to expansion and are looking for more. I am not sure how good of an employer they are as I never worked there. People I know seem to be happy working there and they ask many to apply.
I am sure other companies in aviation are expanding similarly hiring hundreds if not thousands this year and they can’t be that bad to work for.

That’s a very small exception. 90% of those jobs are on the ops side, very few are ames and pilots. I saw the wages and schedules, I’ll pass personally.

There definitely was a change in management there iirc. Wasn’t there some scheds picked up from cancelled Ac flights as well? I think that’s what caused the brief expansion.

[Bug_Stomper_01]

Another good site to gauge employers is LinkedIn, they give tombstone info of the company and vital statistics like average tenure, salaries (but not always), and even how many have applied for a particular job.
I find it fascinating the number of applicants on that site alone within 24 hours for AME postings.
It’s not uncommon to see 60,70 or even over 100 applicants in that timeframe. This reinforces my theory of the greenhorn grinder.

Side note, any company specifying the ability to work;
•Travel (as required or unspecified)
•Overtime
•Weekends
•Short notice
•Nights and variable (sporadic) shifts

And;
•are approved for hours of averaging (search the post on that subject in this forum, ask that question in any interview or conversations about potential employers).

Will most likely use you for some if not all of those caveats regardless of what the specified work times that are discussed. If you want a schedule, get it in writing in your employment contract.

Beware of any shiny endorsements with 24 month training bonds, they will almost certainly leverage that on you. Should you sign a training bond be sure that the dollar value they have for the training is;
•For the course and the course alone (not hotels, salary, accommodations / rental cars etc)
•actually what the course by itself costs!

One more thing to watch out for is median tenure, anything under five years is something to be cautious of.

[PitchLink]

Another good site to gauge employers is LinkedIn, they give tombstone info of the company and vital statistics like average tenure, salaries (but not always), and even how many have applied for a particular job.
I find it fascinating the number of applicants on that site alone within 24 hours for AME postings.
It’s not uncommon to see 60,70 or even over 100 applicants in that timeframe. This reinforces my theory of the greenhorn grinder.

Side note, any company specifying the ability to work;
•Travel (as required or unspecified)
•Overtime
•Weekends
•Short notice
•Nights and variable (sporadic) shifts

And;
•are approved for hours of averaging (search the post on that subject in this forum, ask that question in any interview or conversations about potential employers).

Will most likely use you for some if not all of those caveats regardless of what the specified work times that are discussed. If you want a schedule, get it in writing in your employment contract.

Beware of any shiny endorsements with 24 month training bonds, they will almost certainly leverage that on you. Should you sign a training bond be sure that the dollar value they have for the training is;
•For the course and the course alone (not hotels, salary, accommodations / rental cars etc)
•actually what the course by itself costs!

One more thing to watch out for is median tenure, anything under five years is something to be cautious of.

Show me any AME that stays in one place more than five years in Canada hired in the last ten years lol.

[Bug_Stomper_01]

Another good site to gauge employers is LinkedIn, they give tombstone info of the company and vital statistics like average tenure, salaries (but not always), and even how many have applied for a particular job.
I find it fascinating the number of applicants on that site alone within 24 hours for AME postings.
It’s not uncommon to see 60,70 or even over 100 applicants in that timeframe. This reinforces my theory of the greenhorn grinder.

Side note, any company specifying the ability to work;
•Travel (as required or unspecified)
•Overtime
•Weekends
•Short notice
•Nights and variable (sporadic) shifts

And;
•are approved for hours of averaging (search the post on that subject in this forum, ask that question in any interview or conversations about potential employers).

Will most likely use you for some if not all of those caveats regardless of what the specified work times that are discussed. If you want a schedule, get it in writing in your employment contract.

Beware of any shiny endorsements with 24 month training bonds, they will almost certainly leverage that on you. Should you sign a training bond be sure that the dollar value they have for the training is;
•For the course and the course alone (not hotels, salary, accommodations / rental cars etc)
•actually what the course by itself costs!

One more thing to watch out for is median tenure, anything under five years is something to be cautious of.

Show me any AME that stays in one place more than five years in Canada hired in the last ten years lol.

Can’t lol

[SeptRepair]

Coming up on 6 at my present place. Still actually like the guys, the rotation and the management. The owner of the company is one of the guys. Easy to talk to, pretty down to earth type of fellow. I think its because there is a mutual respect on each others abilities. Longest job before that was 20yrs ago and that lasted only 8. I keep asking myself what is wrong, I should be getting itchy feet soon, but I have no desire to chase an extra 2.00$/hr or have to retrain a bunch of new coworkers/management.

[Bug_Stomper_01]

Coming up on 6 at my present place. Still actually like the guys, the rotation and the management. The owner of the company is one of the guys. Easy to talk to, pretty down to earth type of fellow. I think its because there is a mutual respect on each others abilities. Longest job before that was 20yrs ago and that lasted only 8. I keep asking myself what is wrong, I should be getting itchy feet soon, but I have no desire to chase an extra 2.00$/hr or have to retrain a bunch of new coworkers/management.

That’s good, as long as you’re being paid well and have a schedule that’s being honoured (rare in Canada) and of course, you enjoy the job keep plugging away!

[PitchLink]

Coming up on 6 at my present place. Still actually like the guys, the rotation and the management. The owner of the company is one of the guys. Easy to talk to, pretty down to earth type of fellow. I think its because there is a mutual respect on each others abilities. Longest job before that was 20yrs ago and that lasted only 8. I keep asking myself what is wrong, I should be getting itchy feet soon, but I have no desire to chase an extra 2.00$/hr or have to retrain a bunch of new coworkers/management.

That’s good, as long as you’re being paid well and have a schedule that’s being honoured (rare in Canada) and of course, you enjoy the job keep plugging away!

I’ve found rates are going up because less and less experienced guys are available anymore. Had a customer call us (AME’s) “extortionists”…. Well, maybe operators should look in the mirror for the problem they’ve created.

[PitchLink]

Can’t agree more. However, I believe it should go 2 ways. Employers should be able to post about employees that can’t do their job or keep their word. I don’t believe employers have anything that keeps them doing this. They never sign an NDA with employees.

I have worked alongside a lot of people that really shouldn’t be in this industry. Yet when they get fired, they all run around and bad mouth the individual or company that turfed them for just cause.

That may be true but in my experience most employers mismanage employees in this industry negligently. I hope more people
Use these review forums

[Bug_Stomper_01]

Can’t agree more. However, I believe it should go 2 ways. Employers should be able to post about employees that can’t do their job or keep their word. I don’t believe employers have anything that keeps them doing this. They never sign an NDA with employees.

I have worked alongside a lot of people that really shouldn’t be in this industry. Yet when they get fired, they all run around and bad mouth the individual or company that turfed them for just cause.

That may be true but in my experience most employers mismanage employees in this industry negligently. I hope more people
Use these review forums

Yep