Great Company - Anonymous employee SES Employee Review

4.0
Jul 10, 2016
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

SES is one of the leading satelite communications company in the world with over 50 satellites in orbit. Company size is about 1400 worldwide with parent company located in Luxembourg. SES has great benefits. On-site cafeteria giving SES employee's a 10% discount. They have free lunches once a month from May to September. Free holiday lunch (St. Patricks Day, Thanksgiving, Christmas). New associates start with 3 weeks vacation maxing out at 6 weeks. No personal days because of all the vacation time, unlimited sick days, but don't abuse it. They are very health conscious, providing free fitness classes 3x a week plus on-site gym. Tuition reimbursement. Award winning Learning & Development program. Very innovative and interactive and many on-line courses to choose from to do at your own pace. There are many during the year that are provided, some mandatory.

Cons

Not too many opportunites for advancement. Most promotions go to those located in the Luxembourg office. In the US, it seems they promote the Washington DC office more. The Satellite Operations Center is located in Princeton so that office isn't going anywhere with such a recent significant investment. CEO is fairly new - 2-3 years. I had very little direct contact with him but I hear he has a very agressive management style, bullies subordinates. I believe he is very capable in leading the company, he just needs to show more respect to the people that make him look good.

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Cons

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Pros

Still employed through many rounds of layoffs. Many options to learn with continuous technology changes. Opportunities to do other people's work for them. Opportunity for government bail out in the form of 5G spectrum sale.

Cons

The only employment opportunities are in India. Starting to tip the scales of diversity one direction. Employees are a number to the CEO. He only cares about himself and his bonus. There is no direction from upper management making lower management make decisions without properly validating integration with other stakeholders. No budget to integrate networks between legacy companies. It appears as though SES will hobble on the remaining infrastructure and employees until the next merger/buyout.

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