Does AAR pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, AAR employees rate their compensation and benefits as 2.8 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at AAR. This rating has been stable over the past 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at AAR?

45% of AAR employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated AAR 3.0 out of 5 for work life balance, 2.8 for culture and values and 3.0 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at AAR?

Aircraft Mechanic (21) , Mechanic (18) , Aircraft Maintenance Technician (17) , A&P Mechanic (14) , Avionics Technician (14) , Technician (13) , Sheet Metal Mechanic (9) , Engineer (8) , Analyst (6) , Manager (6) , Pilot (6) , Program Manager (6) , Aviation Maintenance Technician (5) , Product Line Representative (5) , Production Controller (5)

What are the pros of working at AAR according to real employee reviews?

"Great people to work with that are dedicated and motivated each day." ((in 61 reviews)); "Good benefits for permanent employees" ((in 41 reviews)); "Periods of heavy overtime, great coworkers" ((in 13 reviews)); "good place to learn and move on" ((in 11 reviews)); "Great opportunities to perform different tasks" ((in 7 reviews))

What are the cons of working at AAR according to real employee reviews?

"Low pay and moral everywhere" ((in 58 reviews)); "The upper management is clueless and often purposely keep each other in the dark." ((in 20 reviews)); "The manager who runs the site is absent and disconnected from people." ((in 15 reviews)); "Low salary and They had discrimination between French speaker and non" ((in 13 reviews)); "There is no training." ((in 9 reviews))

What are employees saying about AAR layoffs in 2026?

Explore Glassdoor’s employee reviews to understand what current and former employees are saying about AAR layoffs and their outlook for job security at AAR in 2026.

AAR reviews

3.2

45% would recommend to a friend

(650 total reviews)

John Holmes

59% approve of CEO

35% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

3.4

Diversity & inclusion

3.0

Work/Life balance

3.0

Career opportunities

2.8

Culture & values

2.8

Compensation and benefits

2.5

Senior management

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

3.0

Mar 5, 2015

Good experience, learned a lot. Due to budget cuts they have done away with the Holiday Party.

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Promotions within the company are good. They respect your need for time off.

Cons

The upper management is clueless and often purposely keep each other in the dark.

2.0

Mar 3, 2015

Good for learning...Poor for everything else.

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Ability to gain much needed experience for new mechanics. Thats it.

Cons

I could make more managing a Dairy Queen than working on Aircraft for this company. They absolutely rape their skilled employees in all areas...over worked...grossly underpaid...etc. Also completely disregard any leg up you think you may get from being a veteran. They could care less that you actually have a stone hard work ethic and will bend over backwards to get stuff done in a correct and timely fashion. Instead they will print you a t-shirt for veterans day...and continue to pay you less than the cleaning crew they employ. Veterans please look elsewhere.

3.0

Feb 22, 2015

Very large publicly traded company that bought a couple of small local businesses to enter the Huntsville market place.

Director of programs

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

The local staff was the best part of the organization and the top executives out of Chicago made several trips to Huntsville to learn about the business and provide a forum to interact with the middle management team.

Cons

The benefit package is surprisingly sparse for the size of this business and financial profit margin objectives were unrealistic for the defense market place.

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Good experience, learned a lot. Due to budget cuts they have done away with the Holiday Party.

Good for learning...Poor for everything else.

Very large publicly traded company that bought a couple of small local businesses to enter the Huntsville market place.

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