Does Erickson pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Erickson employees rate their compensation and benefits as 3.4 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Erickson. This rating has improved by 1% over the last 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Erickson?

75% of Erickson employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated Erickson 3.5 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.4 for culture and values and 3.4 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Erickson?

Director (3) , Engineer (3) , Helicopter Pilot (3) , Manager (3) , Pilot (3) , Aircraft Mechanic (2) , Engineering Department (2) , Gerente Comercial (2) , Helicopter Mechanic (2) , Mechanic (2) , Software Engineer (2)

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

"Great people to work with." ((in 14 reviews)); "The pay is good for the area and the Air" ((in 6 reviews)); "long term employees are great and love their work" ((in 4 reviews)); "good place good coworkers good pay" ((in 3 reviews)); "Benefits and a cool project working on the main rotor blade." ((in 3 reviews))

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

"Poor management communication downstream to front line employees" ((in 8 reviews)); "Mass layoffs are a conmon practice at Erickson." ((in 6 reviews)); "Upper management is too far removed from the worker bees" and are willfully ignorant to that side of the company." ((in 4 reviews)); "They AGAIN have conducted layoffs, but this time, laid off many managers with decades of needed experience." ((in 3 reviews)); "The company is also going through a transformation so the culture is forming and there is a lot of change...for the better." ((in 3 reviews))

What are employees saying about Erickson layoffs in 2026?

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

Erickson reviews

3.6

75% would recommend to a friend

(110 total reviews)

Doug Kitani

63% approve of CEO

49% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

3.5

Diversity & inclusion

3.5

Work/Life balance

3.4

Culture & values

3.4

Compensation and benefits

3.4

Career opportunities

2.7

Senior management

Erickson has an employee rating of 3.6 out of 5 stars, based on 110 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Erickson 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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Reviews by job title

110 reviews

1.0

Nov 27, 2016

Needs major work

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Fun projects to work on, great employees. The company was an excellent place to work years ago before Udo screwed it up. Maybe going through bankruptcy can fix some things.

Cons

Management in Central Point has completely unrealistic expectations of their employees. Combine this with completely disconnected management in Portland, layoffs, and bankruptcy and you have a very bad situation. I have seen many of my friends laid off and then have to pick up their work. On top of that management imposes very aggressive schedules that are completely unrealistic.

4.0

Jun 22, 2016

Captain, Lead Pilot

Helicopter pilot

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Interesting contracts, 6/6 week rotation, pay is ok nothing to brag about.

Cons

They dropped annual retention bonuses and the excellent insurance that they had as former Evergreen Helicopters, which in turn cost me 20-25k more a year in losses. Very clickish, there are the utility pilots and the retired military pilots. If you're not one or the other you will have to deal with the games they play, ie. Scheduling, overtime, advancements, opportunities throughout the company. The utility pilots are worried that they won't have a job if other pilots learn VR. The military pilots seem to think that nobody but them can fly military contracts. That doesn't include the clicks that are formed back at head quarters, it's aviation nobody should have the same job for 20 years, if they suck at it.

2.0

May 29, 2015

Sham

Engineering department

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Not much... People are nice.

Cons

Too Much... Company is run worse than the government. Company is deathly afraid of technology, people cant even turn on a computer. Management never gets fired or laid off so they function like government employees. Company makes many many many stupid financial decisions.

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