It was good in the beginning - Engineer II Southco Employee Review

3.0
May 22, 2013
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Hours are flexible. Updated CAD and business management in the past 5 years to stay with the times. The company is growing, but who knows when the rest of the economy takes off. The campus is beautiful. The love my fellow engineers, manufacturing, and toolroom workers. They are great people next to and learn from. I can't say that for 90% of management.

Cons

If your in the Good Ole Boy Club, you have a shot at getting promoted. Upper management is spending money to take the company in directions I do not like. They just became a Smokeless campus and were told that it help cut our health insurance costs. I do not smoke and my rates for health care doubled because they said the current cost were not sustainable. Then they give out extra money per share for yearly dividends, which cost more then what they saved on hiking the cost of health care up on the employee's. I constantly feel that I am untrained for my job, because there are band-aids on the redundant management websites and things change, but we are made aware of it. The company has become management top heavy.

Explore other reviews about Southco

5.0
May 11, 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Good benefits, ESOP program, company vehicle

Cons

Can be stressful sometimes in territory

4.0
Oct 5, 2025
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

- Coworkers are very nice & always willing to help - Bill was a great manager to work under, always understanding and very direct. Stephanie is also great, very friendly and always happy to help or listen - Opportunities to work in areas like tax, make sure you ask the person directly or ask the manager - They had events for healthcare, financial advising, massages, pet zoos - The accounting department had dinners every once in a while. Unfortunately, every time they planned them, I was already planning to go home.

Cons

- Can be very mundane, busy work at times - Everyone does keep to themselves for the most part, but if you're an introvert, you'll like it a lot

2
See reviews by: Helpful|Rating|Date|All