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A typical day at work would involve tackling the preplanned tasks, attending either technical meetings for the deparment or team meetings (short measurable ones to ensure efficiency). Peers and superiors are most of the time ready to help in an efficient manner as well to avoid time squandering.

I have acquired a solid understanding of the software lifecycle management processes, integration, modeling, simulation, hardware integration, workload management, sprint planning, agile, scrum, quality assurance, simulator certification, dedication to client satisfaction, time awareness, risk mitigation.

Management is most of the time open to employee suggestions and involves them as much as possible in decision making. There are always situations where management makes close to the chest calls, but employees always have the opportunity to speak their minds and share their concerns and most of the time it is heard.

Co-workes have been helpful, respectful and most of the time accomodate any inquiry and would try their best to support in critical situations. No cultural clashes whatsoever, positive work environment with the ability to develop many friendships.

The hardest part of the job was the shifting in projects between internal milestones and continuous improvement and the client satisfaction rule of thumb, but superiors were always vigilant and did their best to balance the workload and make it achievable in a way that keeps the employee functional and in the best mood possible during a crunch time.

The most enjoyable part of the job, mostly when the client is satisfied, it relieves the whole team and management never fails to highlight achievements, and even in hard times, management tries to adopt a positive approach on the matter.

Typical day at work requires to do design work at your desk. Very few meetings with team and leaders. 

Workplace job/life balance is very good, with flex time and ability to work from home with approval. 

Mechanical design job good for only doing & learning mechanical design. Not good for advancing career. Difficult to transfer skills to software department, or other. I would recommend starting in software engineering instead. 

Hardware engineering management is okay. Most leaders are from technical background, and value technical expertise. Difficult to see company's vision trickle down to Hardware Engineering department. Unclear vision. 

The hardest part is the focus on schedule and budget above innovation and customer-experience. It makes it difficult to find value in CAE like events, involvement, meeting people, receiving coaching. It is indeed difficult to find mentors, due to lack of interest and time of possible mentors. 

The most enjoyable part is getting involved in company events and working in the open-concept spaces. 

Learned: importance of finding a mentor who believes in your work & networking within company for next career path. Should have switched jobs sooner! Do not stay in one job over 5 years. In Hardware engineering, many have been there for many many years, therefore it is easy to start believing that you too will stay there forever. 

Hardware engineering hires many people in 20-30 age group, Older employees find it difficult to be valued.

This place is a good stepping stone and that's about it.  They do not properly train their employees even though they are a training company.  There is not much career advancement beyond your starting level and once you get to be at the top of your pay scale look out because they will get rid of you and hire 2 people to replace you.  Leadership is lacking and because they get rid of the highly paid experienced people, the management lacks experience to make informed decisions.  It's very frustrating working for a company that only sees dollars and not intrinsic value.  Tools and equipment procurement is a joke, dollar store items to fix a multi million dollar piece of equipment?  Say goodbye to your family and friends because you will have no life after having to work around the clock rotating shifts.  There is a lot of back-biting and rumours, just childish behavior even from management.  Daily life on the job is fairly relaxed, but can be very busy.  The variety of work to do will keep you busy and interested for a while.  Working with real aircraft systems and learning the new technology can be fun.

I enjoyed the work I did. and it's interesting work to be able to implement new systems, but the culture wears you down.

There is absolutely zero training in this company to the point it's an inside joke. New employees are left flailing to try and learn while work is piled on them. Most new employees are not productive for at least a year but managers expect 100% by the first week. 

Don't expect to be shown anything from how to pick your benefits, to what benefits are even offered, to who even to reach out to if you have questions.

Project based work is very stressful. If you're not liked, you won't be placed on new projects. 

Upper Management loves to throw you under the bus and belittle you in front of others while also not understanding your role and what you can actually control.

Co-workers are a mixed bag. Some are great, others are burnt out and fight you tooth and nail over small requests. Management doesn't involve the users in decisions to change processes so frustrations are bound to happen.

The pay was good for what I did, and the extras were profitable. Stock options, and a spending account was very nice to have, but eventually your soul is ground into dust, and you need to leave. Money won't help you if you're dead.





Company culture is changing, leaning towards training instead of production. Company is looking into moving engineering development in Hungary and India. Latest software technology used is extremely overloaded and much bureaucracy has been added to the software production. Overall message from management is that it is not necessary to be efficient, most important is too follow the lead from management without questioning. Mid to long term overview looks bleak. as debt and competition increase. After Bombardier's collapse on the market, will CAE be next in the aeronautical field? CAE might just be too specialized in today's market.

Working at CAE Inc. was a fantastic opportunity to grow and expand my technical abilities as well as share my experience and knowledge. As Infrastructure Architect I had the pleasure of working with energetic specialists in the Server, Network, Storage, Database and Applications teams. While the most trying part of my role was to bridge the gaps between each technological silo, it was also the most rewarding and enjoyable part of the job.

The entire team would make any employee feel at home. My only regret is that the company had to undergo a substantial restructure resulting in abolishing some 300 positions.

If you'd like to work with aircraft/military/heathcare training devices, your motivation will always stay high.

Work environment are very recently renovated so don't expect an assigned desk or office. All office aeras are open and modern.

Flexibility in working hours is definitely the best pitch point.

Management have still a lot to do to improve, 90% of the time you have to work hard as you were late and when there is down time you are not allowed to do the improvement you didn't had time to work on in the rush time due to budget issues...

The work environment at  CAE feels toxic. Career development is entirely self-driven, with no clear guidance or vision from leadership. There’s a lack of transparency around growth opportunities, and leadership seems more focused on feeding their own egos and seeking recognition than supporting their teams. Employees are not genuinely cared for, and this creates a culture where motivation and engagement are constantly undermined. It is definitely not what it used to be 5-6 years ago.

I worked through an employment agency, but I was treated just like a regular directly higher employee. I know some teams are 100% agile, while others are aiming to become more and more agile as time goes, which really is commendable for a company the size of CAE. Change isn't easy after all... Especially when you have thousands of employees. 

I've learned so much while I was at CAE, such as TDD and Agile meetings (backlog breakdown, sprint retro, daily standup) as well as improved my knowledge of C++ and C#. 

Although I was not a direct employee of CAE, I know from direct sources that in terms of benefits, it's hard to get any better.

What is the best part of working at the company?
Excellent finance team members.  Great benefits, many opportunities for growth. Good company culture.  I was on contract during the pandemic and took another permanent position with another company.   Otherwise, I would of stayed on.

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
When on contract waiting for a permanent position.

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
 Everyone I interacted with was wonderful.  Most people are happy to be there.

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
Morning coffee and update.  Organize priorities and then  action on the tasks at hand.  Some days are more challenging than others but usually all is under control.

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