AAR reviews

3.2

45% would recommend to a friend

(650 total reviews)
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John Holmes

59% approve of CEO

35% positive business outlook

AAR has an employee rating of 3.2 out of 5 stars, based on 650 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The AAR employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Luft- & Raumfahrt, Verteidigung industry (3.6 stars).

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650 reviews
2.0
Jun 12, 2020
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

The pay can be decent. The experience obtained from doing heavy maintenance on the aircraft is invaluable.

Cons

The management could care less about its employees. The turnover rate is so high that they are forced to bring in people who have never picked up a tool let alone worked on a plane. HR likes to hire back people they have fired before and refuse to hire back people who quit and tried to come back as a contractor. Some of the inspectors make it harder on the mechanics by rejecting them for little things and not actually working with them to get the plane out on time and safely. MOST of the supervisors frankly just sit around smoking on their vapes and on their phones and then turn around and complain that those under them are not doing things fast enough. Frankly it is all just a good ole boy system.

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AAR Response
6y
Thank you for your feedback. We continue to try to make AAR a great place to work for all of our employees. We will make sure to share your feedback with the Oklahoma City location.
2.0
Mar 17, 2020
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Friendly people Quarter end pizza party

Cons

Crisis mis-management (Covid-19) Outdated view on telework Pay below market Outdated systems

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AAR Response
6y
We appreciate your feedback and would like to reiterate, AAR’s first priority during this COVID-19 crisis is the health and safety of employees and their families. Remote working solutions have been provided and encouraged. AAR has worked diligently through this unique and quickly changing environment to support the well-being of employees and will continue to react and respond in their best interest.
1.0
Jun 2, 2019
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Getting a paycheck was about it... There were also several coworkers that I really enjoyed working with and that was the only thing that made this place bearable.

Cons

There is so much dishonesty among management and HR, it's sickening. Management and HR plays favorites on who they let change shifts, do the apprenticeship programs (for sheetmetal, avionics, composites, and A&P), and who they promote. Many times I (and other coworkers) were told "no", just to turn around a see those opportunities give to the favorites of management or HR. This place is all about the good ole boy club and I've seen so many people, including myself, get crapped on and passed up on opportunities that were give to less qualified people. HR is full of the most dishonest backstabbing people I've ever seen. They lie about pay rates among mechanics of the same skill level and always tell people they are "topped out" on their pay. HR has also ignored multiple harassment complaints from multiple employees about specific managers/supervisors and have even promoted these people after all of the harassment complaints! I've seen many people get promoted to leads, supervisors, and managers that were not qualified either in their knowledge of the job or had horrible people skills. This place is run by the absolute most horrible people I've ever seen in my life. Because of their shady business practices, I don't know how this place stays open. SOOOOO many people have come and gone from that place because of how bad it is. I still have friends that work there and I hear of the crap that has happened since I've left and it is so angering to see how a company can get away with the things they do!

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AAR Response
7y
Hello, and I'm sorry that overall experience was different than what we would have hoped. Very Respectfully, G-Man
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