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
5.0
May 3, 2018

Clerk

Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

The ability to move up in the company, especially after earning additional degrees and certifications.

Cons

Aviation is a tough business, so you have to be ''All In''

3.0
Apr 30, 2018

A good start point

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

-Good crew members -Schedule flexibility (depending on team leader) -Great place to learn. The fellow mechanics have no problem working with you and teaching. -Great HR dept. -Advancement is available (as far as pay raises / position climbing, up to a point), and rather easy to accomplish.

Cons

-Failing Equipment -Shop, as a whole is worn and needs serious upkeep to the doors, equipment, etc (but, to their credit, they are slowly making changes) -Management, if they don't know you, they aren't interested in your feedback. While this varies from one project manager / team leader to another; this "i don't know you, so you know nothing" outlook is generally the same for 75% of the managers and leads. -Bad Coordination and Communication between managers and teams. -Competitive environment, not co-operative (between teams)... Crew 1 members will help other Crew 1 with aircraft one, but Crew 2 can fend for themselves in the eyes of Crew 1, even if and when Crew 1 is idle and available to help. It's largely a "not my job" mentality. It SHOULD be "many hands make light work". Not so much a problem with the shop itself as much as the typical employee. -Not enough equipment (Mainly because the failing equipment finally broke due to co-worker incompetence, or it being misplaced) -If there is no work, you will be sent home (If Airplane 1 is done, and there's no new airplane for crew 1 to work on, crew 1 is sent home. If Airplane 2 is being worked on by Crew 2, crew 1 can't work on it, because that's the 2nd Crews aircraft. -If i finish my job faster, there's no reward for it. It's actually a risk to me and my crew. If Aircraft 1 finishes a week early, then all the crew members who worked on it are sent home to wait for new work. -Nepotism is rampant. It's 100% who you know, not what you know. Team Leader and Project Manager favorites get away with xyz, at the expense of others. -Low Pay. This may be more so an issue with Tri-County as a whole. Overpopulated areas tend to pay less due to having increased supply of workers to pick from. Why pay person A $25/hr when i can pay person B $20/hr

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AAR Response
8y
Thank-you for your review & input. Blue skies, G-Man
1.0
Apr 17, 2018
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

I have no positive comments yet.

Cons

AAR is assuming the DoS GINL contract from DynCorp. So far I have learned that I will be getting paid less, have less money for break stipend, two fewer days of break, and dealing with HR has just been a disaster. These are all fairly minor issues but it's like a slow death from 1,000 paper cuts. They have not fully assumed the contract yet so I am hoping these issues will be resolved. If so, I'll change my rating.

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AAR Response
8y
5/9/18 - #BlueSkies & super excited to push into WASS, G-Man
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