intern

engineer

analyst

project manager

ingénieur

Bombardier

A typical day at work would involve juggling a large volume and variety of tasks. I was the primary contact for general inquiries and issues - especially pay issues - often leading to an investigation to solve the problem at hand. I would run various reports for HR and operations both on a scheduled basis or on demand, depending on the report. This was the bulk of my day-to-day, however I always had one or more projects to work on in addition to this.

Depending on the volume of work being handled by the department, I would also be called upon to support recruitment and labour relations.

This position allowed me to hone my customer service skills in a higher-pressure environment than I had experienced in the past. It also gave me entry-level exposure to nearly all core facets of HR. It also afforded me experience supporting the change management process, as the company was in a transitory period in which numerous policies and processes were being overhauled, one of which was the introduction of a centralized Shared Services Organization.

My co-workers were friendly and supportive of my learning curve, and were trusting of my support to call on me when needed. One problem however, because of the high demands on the department compared to the actual size of the department, they were not always as available as I would have liked.

There were two difficult aspects of the job, with the first being that there was very little training to prepare me for what I would face on the job. The second is that the high workload resulted in an average of 10-hour work days (sometimes longer) and often made it difficult for my peers in the HR department to meet and connect as often as we wanted to.

The most enjoyable aspect of the job for me was that I was able to get this experience and exposure to various aspects of the HR field. It was also a gratifying experience to be able to resolve employees' issues for them.

Ultimately I chose to leave this position so that I could pursue a high-level position and establish myself above an entry-level position in HR. Unfortunately the job market is not very healthy in Thunder Bay, so I decided to relocate to Waterloo to be closer to more opportunities.

The job I do is rewarding enough but not many seem to care about the quality of their work so I often have to clean up or repair parts as I get them before I can do my job. There are many employees here who treat the place like high school. 
There is no accountability for personal work/behavior. Most days it's like a daycare where all the adults have left the building.
Management is powerless to affect change due to a self interested union that works hard on behalf of unproductive employees while denying attention to good ones. Thanks to the practice of "seniority" being an exemplary employee means absolutely nothing here. Date of hire overrides all other factors. It is my belief that this has caused many good workers to give up and degrade to the lowest status quo. "Why try when those that do not get the same pay, benefits and the ardent backing of the union?"
Air quality in the plant is horrendous! This has been an ongoing issue since before I started here. Many days you can see a river of blue fog moving overhead. Debris settles on equipment minutes after it's been cleaned.
Maintenance of equipment and machines is haphazard at best.
I have waited weeks for repairs/adjustments to equipment making the job much harder than it should be.
The pay is good but benefits are surprisingly poor. (If memory serves I think the per visit benefit for licensed massage therapy is $7.00.. for only 6 visits/year. Pretty good for 1976 but..)
Job security... as long as we have contracts we have jobs but layoffs come hard and fast as work dwindles. 
Advancement is bidding against others for better/different jobs in the plant. Some offer better pay, some are part of apprenticeships but most are simply different jobs at the same rate. 
If you want a job with good pay, indoors that doesn't require you to bring skills with you (they'll teach you the job) this is not the worst place to be. The downside though is less than stellar job security, poor air quality, frustration/stress and constant bad press from the Toronto star.

I HAVE ALWAYS wanted a Job at bombarder ever since I was a kid. Now that I see the truth behind this company I feel sorry for all the hard work done in the past to bring this company to where it is now. 
Right from the start a recruiting agent lied to me about the wage I was going to get and after packing all my belonging and saying bye to all my friends and family (relocating from across the province) I finally received my offer (just days before my start date) which was significantly less than I was promised. The months to follow were some of the most stressful times of my life. With the constant fear of being let go before probation ends, supervisors that did not know what they were doing and only 1 lead hand responsible to train over 30 people.
Most of the union staff here are really only here for their paychecks. The most senior of workers would watch movies on their phones or computers while all of the less senior members would do all the work. 
The only time the shop floor was clean and organized was just before any audit would happen and then shortly after would look like a highschool cafeteria just after lunch. 
The management put so much stress on timelines that the overall quality of the build would suffer to a point that it would cost them even more time in the long run.
I was laid off in march with the company still owing me thousands and 6 months later I have received 0$ and struggle to get any replies from H.R or the Union.
After studying for 4 years, Bombardier Ruined my first real work experience out of school and I will think twice before I accept a job at a corporation like this.
I think the Bombardier name won't last another 5 years without any major changes to management.

Fun environment to work:
•	Provide organization and administrative support to Operations Directors, and their management team encompassing >500 employees.  Gained knowledge of, Operations, Flight Compartment, Wing, Fabrication, Electrical Shop, Pre-Flight, Paint and Label Shop Operations. (i.e. KPI, SQPHCA) etc.
•	Develop and share a high level of knowledge of the SAP MM system and utilize the ERP to manage Resource Management, Information Updates, Production Functions, and Creation of PO’s for Costs and Contractors. 
•	Manage Directors’ schedule, book appointments and coordinate meetings and functions.   Process and coordinate correspondence, memos, faxes, photocopying and couriers.  Prepare a variety of correspondence; prepare material for reports, presentation and charts.  Responsible for reconciliation of credit card purchases.  
•	Maintain and process up-to-date records for the department (attendance, travel expenses, processing of SAP requisitions, budget and vacation).  Coordinate travel arrangements and expense reports; maintain filing system.
•	Assist in the input and maintenance of information for a budget in excess of $20-25 Million per annum.
Key Achievements:
•	Gained a reputation as an Admin Professional who is always willing to help. Often pick up additional functions in order to support overall productivity of the team and ensure that the Directors are able to meet their objectives.
•	Assist senior management with technology issues and share best practices regarding internal applications and systems. Help stakeholders manage costs through the creation of a one-page manual to demonstrate proper online functions.
***Learned to multi-task efficiently in a bust work environment.

A very stressful place to work.
There is always another task to do within the same time frame, and most often, there will be no appreciation about that but only a short "merci or thanks", that will most likely be forgotten at the yearly evaluation,  especially after changing multiple managers and the last one have no idea, what you have done before, when they will emphasize on things that are not well done, for the only purpose, to not give you a well-deserved better pay increase.
As in many other places, there are too many people not knowing well what exactly are doing, but if they are OK with the manager, they will usually manage to succeed that is very annoying when you see it on daily bases.
There are literally hundreds of procedures you need to comply for every single task, that hardly anyone knows, but if you screw something, the manager will point immediately on you.
Because of the lack of transparency on all management levels,  the hardest part to understand is, if you are meeting your manager or your manager-manager expectations. Even if you do a great job, if they do not appreciate this during the end of year evaluations, you can always feel how easy it might be to let you go in any single moment.
Very real prove of lack of transparency and even incapability of management to handle well the company is the company share price fluctuation-there is no decent company on the market, that would demonstrate a similar behaviour and would not be punished. 

Salary is good, benefits are good, vacation days are good.

- Top management does not care at all for the employees, 
- Mid management (i.e. direct managers) are very unprepared and there is no leadership whatsoever, 
-  Work is carried based upon the will of senior people that are often biased and not quality oriented, 
- There is no quality inspection, software development is neglected, 
- Salary is below average pay, 
- Company is always in trouble to get new businesses, 
- Clients are never happy with the development and the company never realizes its own faults and instead of looking for internal solutions, they prefer pointing the fingers at the customers saying the reason they didn't accomplish a good work was because the client was too demanding and difficult to deal with (this happens with every client and it shows that the problem is not external but internal - they are always on denial), 
- They never recognize their shortcomings, they have lots of problems with work harassment, 
- They have a huge disrespect for people who have been working there for years, 
- It's very difficult to advance within the company if you are not the boss buddy, overall, stay away from that place. 
The only thing you will gain is huge headaches to be forced to work in a poisoning environment and watch the wrong people being promoted and honest, hard working people being placed aside.


My typical day starts at 6 am For the upcoming shift that starts at 7 AM, all Assembly manuals that have been targeted for the days build need to be reviewed, all parts required for the completion for  those jobs need to be cashed and and all accounts of shortages followed up to minimize impact to stay on schedule .
Start up crew with the daily expectations which is also followed up after lunch with team lead hands, 
Sit down  follow ups with engineering, Methods,work material planning to make sure we have received all shortages from previous build stations, with new ECD and manpower to be deployed to catch up on the traveled work.
Review current days build and have planning and parts ready for the second and third shifts execution.
Attend senior management meetings to report daily status, shortages, engineering changes .with top priority paid to health and safety of the bays and each build stations.
the learning part is to never expect the expected always be ready for the unexpected.
communication is the key always learn to listen to your employees after all they are the ones preforming the daily task, 
The hardest part of the job is keeping it together when things do not go as planned, be calm and make good sound judgment calls 
Finally the most enjoyable part of the job is when we have reached our goals and able to produce on time and on cost.

My rating is for Downsview only. This is the worst place I've ever worked in my 45 years. Management is horrible, they have no idea how to manage. They are unable to speak to the work force with respect, unable to motivate, chose to ignore the dog f____ers so as not to disrupt the flow of aircraft, which only hurts the those willing to do an honest days work for an honest days pay. They prefer to work those that don't say no, to the detriment of moral. Only 25% of the workforce actually work, they others are hiding and sleeping all day and yet management refuses to deal with it. It's an "us and them" culture, extremely frustrating demoralizing. 
A very repetitive job, with repetitive stress imposed by management on every aircraft.  Could be toasters, or TV's, happens to be jets. You have to learn to tune it out to stay sane. People walk in to work looking like zombies, head down and foot dragging. Look out at the end of the day, spring chickens running for their parked cars. If only they would take the time to learn how to supervise. And most importantly, drain the swamp.
A licensed guy gets the same pay as an assembler(Ex Timmies Double Double server) because thats where the Union gets its votes. Completely useless association and self serving. No choice but to pay your dues. 

A typical day at work was high paced and repetitive issues being addressed due to micro management. 

What I learned was self taught or learned from other workers. For years Bombardier has had no funds to support employee training. 

Management is very silo oriented. In short they do not look at the big picture but more the inner department profits. Some might say If the department is making money so is the company. However in many cases the department made nickels while the company lost millions. 

Co-workers were fantastic. I was always lucky to be surrounded by professional co-workers who tried their utmost to get the job done. 

The hardest part of the job was the micro managing of everything. This slowed down projects as well as frustrated many employees who wanted to get things done. As well over the years it was clear the company did not cover the cost of living increase with their raises. Hence every year you worked you were paid less. Human Resources quote to employees was " Well at least you have a job". 

For me the most enjoyable part of the job was meeting interesting people in all parts of the world.

The most important asset of an organization is its employees and while Bombardier has many good talents, has a very unorganized management team that DOES NOT understand at all the value of the human resource and their importance for the company. For entering the management team, one mustn't be necessary skillful, but must have good contacts. This is why more and more weak people are taking executive positions who are not able to lead their teams and bring a value to the organization, but instead they win good bonuses, mission accomplished ! 

This is why Bombardier that used to be a very good place to work in the past, becomes a place today to avoid and with the current team in power, obviously Bombardier will lose more talents in the future and continues its dramatic shoot.

For anybody who has other options in the job market, I do not recommend Bombardier. Hopefully, somebody of good faith and power for sure, opens the eyes and start the clean up in all supervisor and up levels to bring the right people to work. This is not happening, the future buyer of the last existing piece of Bombardier will do this under their govern.

I wish good luck for all excellent Bombardier employees.

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