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3.9

74% would recommend to a friend

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55% positive business outlook

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5.0
Oct 25, 2014
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Pros

Great support of employees from management. Manager's are concerned with individual employees development and will create opportunities for growth. Generous salary, benefit and bonus package.

Cons

With such a large organization, cross functional communication can be a challenge at times. Some times the most qualified people don't receive the promotions they deserve.

4.0
Oct 17, 2014
Recommend
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Pros

Great science! Competitive salary, ptf, sabbatical leave every six years. Very good benefits in general.

Cons

Very big company. Good and not so good.

3.0
Sep 21, 2014
Recommend
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Pros

GEOS Management survey - keeps the managers respectful (before GEOS they would railroad - no work-life balance) Great benefits - very typical of extremely large companies (80,000 employees worldwide) Lots of fun activities at work The higher you go the more bonus and stock options - generous bonus and stock options Promotions used to be challenging but now there are many layers so it feels like you are moving up (but actually you are not)! Stable company

Cons

Very bureaucratic Lots of layers - middle management is very mediocre - No decisions get made! Work in silos Jobs are super specialized, can get very boring after a while - so people, who can, move around a lot Your experience will be very dependent on the type of manager you get - hopefully GEOS will fix that

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