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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110 reviews

1.0

Nov 4, 2011

A tragic example of a bad example in Corporate America

Anonymous employee

Recommend

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Business Outlook

Pros

The working level is unmatched in their care for clients and each other. The S-64 product is a unique one in the industry.

Cons

Management seems to want to inflate the company on long shot hopes, for a quick cash out. Hope is a poor strategy, and when it fails, it fails on the backs of the working level employees and existing clients. Senior management assumes no personal responsibility for failure.

2.0

Oct 13, 2011

The 1st 15 years were great! it's been all down hill since the take over by Udo Reider!

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

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Pros

Great people, great product, travel the world, work is exciting and fun.

Cons

! the culture has changed to take from the employee's and give to the portland senior management team. the senior team continues to fly 1st class no matter how broke the company is. they have done nothing but take from the employee, longevity bonus', 401k, the company can't survive with the current management. they spend millions trying to sell a/c while the operations dept pays for it. then when operations get slow they have to cut back and lay off. Who moves a corporate office 300 miles from it's core? they really have no clue what makes Erickson Air Crane tick! nor do they seem to want to.

1.0

Oct 7, 2011

sr management ability to have solid strategy = below average & poor communication toward employees

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

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Pros

long term employees are great and love their work - they know the helicopter in & out. we built the company for years and have been successful at operating the aircraft and repairing parts. lots of pride in work

Cons

sr mgt team doesn't get it. their pay seems more important than employees. Communication to Central Point is haphazard or seems "filtered" - this is part of the really low morale in the ranks. culture has changed down with recent direction and try to be public. lots of turnover at Portland office. recently benefits keep getting cut. lots of spending for "show" not getting the job done

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A tragic example of a bad example in Corporate America

The 1st 15 years were great! it's been all down hill since the take over by Udo Reider!

sr management ability to have solid strategy = below average & poor communication toward employees

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