MTS Systems reviews

3.8

65% would recommend to a friend

(382 total reviews)

Randy J. Martinez

78% approve of CEO

48% positive business outlook

MTS Systems has an employee rating of 3.8 out of 5 stars, based on 382 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The MTS Systems employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Manufacturing industry (3.5 stars).

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382 reviews
1.0
Mar 1, 2017

Ok

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

working on the production floor is great if you're hands on

Cons

management knows absolutely nothing about what we do, because of that we're treated like kids

4.0
Feb 24, 2017
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Very custom and highly technical engineering business requiring strong team work from various departments to be successful. Engineering intensive with great career growth opportunities by working alongside talented people to deliver highly complex solutions. Broad customer base with strong global presence. Large scale custom work makes for an exciting place to work. Days go by fast.

Cons

Lack of work/life balance not equal across departments. Frequent leadership turnover and the time for new leadership to understand the business due to its complex nature. New leadership taking similar paths that old leadership had once traveled - this can be good or bad. You may acquire a person's job when an individual departs the company and be expected to absorb the work.

1.0
Feb 22, 2017
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

A vast amount of knowledge inside the company, many of the older employees are experts in their field. Work on some very interesting projects for awesome clients around the world.

Cons

The running rule in the testing industry is that MTS makes good equipment, but has the worst customer service in the industry. There is a reason for this and it has to do with how the employees are treated in my opinion. The idea of a open culture to voice opinions or issues is a downright joke. Too many good people, myself included, tried to voice concerns and been openly threatened and harassed with being fired. There is a reason why this company has soo many older employees who are just running out their careers and so few young folks coming up the ladder. The turn over for younger employees is huge, the stick around for a few years and then realize that there are better options and quickly depart for greener pastures. Also how many pointless meetings are necessary to run a company? I quickly learned that the name MTS stands for "Meetings To Submission". Cut out half of the middle managers, most of the banal meetings and get back to your core values of serving the customer with the best possible products and support. When given an offer of $5000 bonus for referring people nobody in our department would stand up to recommend any of their friends to apply for a job. If that doesn't say something, I don't know what will.

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