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In my review and assessment of being a newly hired Maintenance Controller Lead at Clay Lacy Aviation, the experience with my first week has been excellent. The communication and follow up with the onboarding process were top notch providing superb professionalism with those who were assigned to bring me into the company. 

I always go by the “3 – P’s” of an employer or workplace regarding how I establish an assessment of how things are going with the company. These attributes are usually the foundation of how a person determines a review about working for that employer. 

The first is the Pay, Clay Lacy Aviation met my expectancy with a competitive pay offer that suited my needs and expectations. 
Second the People, the people I work with in my work group have been very professional, hospitable, and taking time to guide and direct me to be part of the team.

Third the Place, the work environment and culture here at Clay Lacy Aviation has met my hopes of being a place that I feel safe and secure to be part of in the short time I have been here. Much of this evaluation is based on the leadership that I work with and report to which they have built to be a very robust aviation company. 

Clay Lacy Aviation is a great place to work 😊



Management has the ability to make or break a job for their employees. Unfortunately, in the case of Clay Lacy Aviation the management is awful. General manager walks around looking for things to yell about and get after everyone for. Has zero respect for line crew or anyone in a position below him. Assistant manager is a joke and avoids actually getting work done at all costs. This company would be great to work for if the line crew and front desk staff felt supported by management instead of bullied. 

The only reason this company earned more than one star is because of the people you will work with. The line crew and front desk staff are great and everyone does there best to have fun at work. Everyone has a passion for aviation and loves working around aircraft. Work hard and you earn respect. Slack off and you won't last long. 

Final verdict:

Do yourself a favor and DO NOT apply here. Maybe if management changes consider it but until then the airlines offer better pay and better benefits.

Lots of work during Lockdown. Engines changes, Inspections, and services to be done on client aircraft. Good variety of work on several Airframes Embraer, Gulfstreams, Cessnas, etc. Co-worker were a mix of newer Technicians and mechanics with Experienced technicians and Managers. Good Learning opportunity.
Cons. 
Management and Planning - not all managers were bad but workload assignments and communication with service and teams were difficult. if we got busy, they pushed some things that were overlooked. expectations changed after few weeks onboard. were left to fend for yourself on some tasks. 
turnaround rate was high for newer hires. Experienced were set in their ways. 
Some complacency, well we've always done it like this.
The timeline on installs were tight.
eventually, I went looking for work elsewhere. was indifferent about the contract not being renewed.
Much happier where I'm at now.

● Work-life balance
Bad place to work, no support, its always the techs fault, no supplies to work with. If you like politics, this is the place for you. No respect towards the technicians and every job is a fire drill. No way to advance unless you kiss.

● Pay & benefits
Hr is a joke, sick days are PTO

● Job security and advancement
None, nowhere to go

● Management
If you like to be yelled at for not picking up a piece of paper from the floor, I mean good old fashioned rant from the vice president. Very unprofessional.

● Culture
Team work is a joke,

● Overall
Beware, they suck u in with money, then they think they own you, military was better than this. Its all about meeting their quotas. Maintenance manager is an ego maniac bent on making aircraft green at any cost. Maintenance  selling parts out the back door. Sumping aircraft fuel tanks for fuel for his home heating needs, others for there diesel trucks.

I have been working at Clay Lacy for over five years now. The company offers multiple opportunities to begin a career in aviation entry level, and grow into new departments and roles. My department's leadership has consistently supported my personal development and career goals. The HR team works hard to create an exciting company culture and provide robust benefit options for employees. I still enjoy working for Clay Lacy, value our leadership team and their many years of experience, and would recommend the company to anyone looking for an opportunity to start a career in aviation.

I have read the reviews and a lot are from former disgruntled employees giving negative reviews. I could not disagree more with them! This is a great time to be at clay lacy. Company is growing rapidly and promoting within is happening all the time. If you are driven and motivated sky is the limit. I read one review where the individual stated “watch your back” and that is completely false. Every one is too busy to worry about “stabbing you in the back” and generally people go about their business and getting the stuff done. For a younger tech, this is a great place to start.

The company has an impressive 50 year history with a bright future.   Today is a really exciting time in the company with significant reinvestment and changes  to position it for even greater performance in the future.

There are a lot of great people here, who want to provide a top quality service to their clients.   Management provides the freedom to innovate and improve the way things are done.

I worked remotely for Clay Lacy from Texas, though their HQ is in California. Despite this, my supervisor made an effort to keep me updated on news about the firm, connected me with professionals related to the work I was doing, and included me in company meet ups for networking purposes. Overall, it was a really great professional and learning experience.

The admin staff in VNY are either understaffed or clueless. Was difficult at times getting them to do something critical. The CEO was a ghost. Even with direct email, he forwarded that email to the department head.
Never returned repeated phone calls.
They have no qualms getting rid of you, but they were generous with separations money.

What is the best part of working at the company?
My colleagues.   Nothing else.

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
Pretending that everything is running smoothly when it really isn't.

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
Toxic, unprofessional and competitive.

Top Job Titles	Average Salary
Pilot 103 salaries reported	$316,860 per year
Aircraft maintenance technician 9 salaries reported	$53.95 per hour
Flight attendant 37 salaries reported	$179,049 per year
Line service technician 17 salaries reported	$24.92 per hour
Director of maintenance 15 salaries reported	$200,667 per year

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