Atlas Copco Group reviews

Technicians here are considered to be lower than whale poo in the company hierarchy and treated as such without it even being hidden. Management is typical Copco, more interested in climbing the ladder and planning hook-ups with a co-worker or intern than finding the solution to a problem. Imagine the loudest, pushiest, blowhard bully you know, add in a healthy dose of pathological lying and some good old Mad Men Wannabe style womanizing and that's who you'll be taking orders from. If you keep your head down and things go your way on the job, leaving management to their elephant ears and skirt-chasing you'll be fine. Once the unevitable happens though and there is a hitch, look out because it all rolls downhill and as a tech you are the last stop. After a couple instances of this happening you will eventually end up on the wrong side of someone in power who will do whatever it takes to get rid of you. The good news is that you will be given a not-so-subtle warning that your days are numbered. Take my advice, heed that warning and find another place to go on your own because if you make them fire you, they will do whatever it takes, it'll be ugly and you'll be blacklisted.

Alot of turnover and constant change in direction leaves you chasing your tail and customers super angry. The Atlas Copco Way = cover your own butt while the next guy inherits your mess. They won't let you fix problems unless it comes from Belgium and that takes years to get simple solutions engineered. Always shorthanded, pay raises are on a milk carton, had to start paying for health care that I didn't before they bought us out, if you speak with a european accent you are more likely to be promoted. Not alot of room for growth, very flat structure.