SES World Skies USGS, please continue to look for work. - Anonymous employee SES Employee Review

2.0
Jun 7, 2011
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

PLEASE NOT- THIS IS A REVIEW FOR SES WORLD SKIES UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT SOLUTIONS Lots of snacks in the office Uses creative ways to promote healthy eating and weight loss Free Parking Convenient location if you don't mind coming to Tyson's Corner

Cons

PLEASE NOT- THIS IS A REVIEW FOR SES WORLD SKIES UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT SOLUTIONS Horrible management- a lot of management do not understand the satellite industry. Management is very secretive about the direction the company is taking Management secretly promotes people, demotes, and lays off people. There have been a couple of people let go and it was not expected. Management shows favoritism. They allow some to work from home while others can not. Some are allowed to have a flex-schedule while others are not. They do not hold people accountable for poor performance. There is a lot of gossip spread throughout the office. The office is clickish. A lot of retirement age workers. Not innovative, change is not welcome. Must work 8-5, working from home is extremely frowned upon. No flex-time Although most people get 4-5 weeks of vacation, you are expected to be reachable at all times. A couple of members of the same family are working in the office. husband and wives, father's and sons, son in laws. It's a family affair. It takes forever to get your computer programs to do your job when you are hired. Expect a month delay. There are constant outages, where the system goes offline, there is maintenance and they don't tell you. Open position are put on the website but they typically hire friends, past colleagues, or family.

Explore other reviews about SES

5.0
Jun 8, 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Chill work, good for starters and resume. People are nice.

Cons

Not much structure, can have more guidance

2.0
Jun 29, 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

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.

See reviews by: Helpful|Rating|Date|All