BOMBARDIER Employer Reviews

This job is an amazing place to start of your career in the aerospace industry, it is a brillient place to serve your time and to get a foot into other companies that do the same type of work

The company overall does not care about their employees. The management in the Thunder Bay, On location has little to be desired. It is a poorly run company that blames the floor workers for cars not being delivered on time when it a parts supply problem. accounting is not paying the bills so suppliers not delivering the parts. Employees are disgruntled, – more... and management is out of control. Discrimation is big in this company. If you get hurt and loose your seniority you will never be rehired. If you rock the boat what so ever (complain about safty problems) the company will try to get rid of you at any cost. Then they will lie about you if called for a job referance. Would not work there again if it was the last place on earth that would give me a job. The pay is also poor. – less

After 18 1/2 years most of Finance was sent to their Montreal location from Toronto.

A sad day for me as I had planned to work as long as I could.

the next decade will turn this company into a people mover icon. acquire stocks now if you want to retire in freedom 50. twenty yrs from now, realization will crystal clear. nevermind the crystal ball.

Fast changing environment and direction of work, not well felt job security

• Define the needs of the client;
• Ensure the connection of databases between sites Bombardier (Montreal and Wichita)
• Migrate Oracle Access systems and implement applications

a typical day of work at Bombardier is welding sideframes for the trains of what the robot cannot weld. I've learned how to weld MIG. The management isn't bery good really nobody knows what another person is doing. Most of my co-workers are great. The hardest part of the job is the welding cause im new at it but i am improving. The most enjoyable part – more... of my job is welding cause i really like to weld. – less

Its decent place to work. Benefits are great, time off at xmas and 3 weeks vacation on top of that.

The politics are alright but there is not accountability for anyone actions really.

I learned management in this company
great team
dynamic
National and international customers

Met all trains upon arrival at GLC and talked with all staff, repairing and reporting any faults they informed me of,or I found walking through the sets. Travelled up and down west and east coast, repairing,fault finding and monitoring on the move. Learnt more extensive electrical skills as was required of the job. Self managed 95% of the time, rarely – more... had any involvement from my management. Enjoyed working with all staff I encountered, be they Train drivers/managers, cleaners or platform staff, and had good working relationships with all of them, including depot staff when attending on nightshifts to undergo heavy maintenance. Enjoyed all aspects of the work, the hardest part was probably having to deal with drunk/awkward passengers. The most enjoyable part was that every day was different, working with different staff or travelling to somewhere new, and that one day you could be fixing a coffee machine, the next you could be attending a failed train. The benefits that went with the job, such as the roster with 11 days off every 3 weeks was also a huge plus, enabling me lots of time with my young family. Plus being able to ride to work on a push bike has kept me fit for the last 5 years. Just a shame to be made redundant, from a job I was very good at, by management that spent no time at all with me, and didnt take customer (train operators) satisfaction into consideration. – less

Pros – - opportunity to work in world class products
- great experience
- flexible hours
- good work/life balance
- immediate supervisors/managers are close to the employees and usually understand their needs
- everyday something new, there is no routine work for an engineer
- opportunity to learn a lot

Cons – - too much politics in the company
- you – more... might spend most of your time with brainless work dealing with paperwork and heavy processes
- below average salaries
- no overtime pay
- unbalance in amount of work between departments, some departments specially the ones that work in development programs are too much overloaded – less

there is know hard part to any job if you are up for it and you all must be a team so the work go well

A typical day at work would be creating purchase orders on a in-house data entry system, known as SAP. It would involve keeping the company's clocking in system up to date.

- Inspected components from suppliers, assemblies and parts
- Documentation
- Meetings with management
- Reports to engineering department

- I learned leadership and commitment

- The hardest part for me was when I found a serious error camouflaged I reported and the worker was fired

- I enjoyed to to do my job in general

The working day flys by as there is always so much to do. I enjoy and thrive on this challenge. Each day is different. With differing challanges and out comes. From production floor to our suppliers.
Most co workers are good fun to work with others can be troublesome but I work around the issues, so we all get the job done.
Hardest part of the job is – more... keeping all the other departments happy and working together. It is a challenge but I enjoy working through problems with others and getting the outcome we all want.
I enjoy most aspects of my job, helping and looking after my staff is a key point. Seeing the finished product come of the line and be sold always gives me pride as I know that myself and my team have played a big part in that

One of the biggest things I have learnt with the job is to listen to people, not to take things personally and to plan a job well. Sharing the responsabilites where needed and support where needed. Don't try to do everything my self.

My time in Thunder Bay Ontario Canada as warehouse supervisor proved a life changing experience for me, working in a new environment with new challenges. All which I thrived on. I enjoyed a challenge. – less

I would have to say that, having only worked 11 weeks at Bombardier, I don't have much to offer in terms of insight into the full-time experience.

I will, however, say that the coworkers were friendly, and the work was interesting. It did, however, lack a lot of direction and supervision, and so the hardest part was actually finding things to do. My – more... responsibilities were never clearly defined, nor were tools ever adequately provided.

It was an interesting experience; I only wish I could say more – less

Total Turnkey Systems Provider & Rail Control & Signalling Systems with an annual turnover of approximately £900M & 3,500 employees

Very bureaucratic and sometimes hard to work around union issues.
But great knowledge can be gained

typical some days more hectic than others, most days learned something different, all hands on deck for all and different jos need for completion, hardest part was sometimes interperting changes that had to be modifications.

this company gave me the oppotunity to improve on my education and gain qualifications i should have gained when at school. they also trained me in business improvement techniques and I.T. user skills.