NSF reviews

2.7

42% would recommend to a friend

(522 total reviews)
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Pedro Sancha

35% approve of CEO

40% positive business outlook

NSF has an employee rating of 2.7 out of 5 stars, based on 522 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an average working experience there. The NSF employee rating is 27% below average for employers within the Management & Consulting industry (3.7 stars).

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522 reviews
1.0
Jul 2, 2021

Used to be a nice place

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Pros

There are still a lot of nice people working here.

Cons

NSF is in the toilet. It used to be a nice place to work (although it has always had a factory mindset). Now they are trying to blow up the whole company, re-working it to how the HR people think it should be run. This is bottom line a science company, and HR and management don't seem to understand that. Our group was working better and more efficiently than we have ever done before, and we were very profitable. Now its just a mess. The thing I really can't forgive them for is laying off so many good people in the middle of a pandemic - they absolutely did not need to do this during this last year, when everyone was struggling and it will be almost impossible for people to find new jobs. So much for caring about its people (which they claim to do). They really don't care at all. We are all burnt out and discouraged. I think one of the recent reviews says it best: "Leadership in complete denial about a transformation that has destroyed morale and trust."

1.0
Jun 30, 2021

Lost its way a little

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Pros

Whenever you speak to any customer or regulatory facing personnel involved in Water, Food, Health Sciences, Testing or Certification you will immediately appreciate our experience, professionalism and mission. This is a global trait of NSF technical, customer service and operations personnel.

Cons

Unfortunately an over-burdensome transformation has created conflict and confusion that has precipitated into a sub-culture of tension between Ann Arbor centric 'functions' and the people who deliver services to customers, regulators and consumers globally. Reflecting upon the situation it would appear that a mandate from the CEO and SLT for creating an organisation design 'fit for the next 75 years' has exposed ulterior motives, fostered and enhanced mistrust amongst colleagues and exposed a very clear Achilles heal of the business in that functions genuinely and unwittingly believe that they know how to run global business more than the very operators that built the teams, services and customer base that are now being decomposed by this process. Ultimately this has lead to an exodus of key people from critical customer and regulator facing roles thus leaving behind functions believing that the cost-saving exercise has been a success but with customer facing teams now without their true north and seriously considering their future(s) and customers and regulators doing exactly the same.

2.0
Jun 28, 2021

Poor Culture and Disconnected Leadership

Anonymous employee
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Pros

The work is not highly technical or mentally demanding. There are great remote possibilities as well as flexible work schedule options. There is many abilities to move across part of the compnay.

Cons

NSF is a company stuck 10 years behind most large companies. The IT infrastructure is an mess of Band-Aids. The leaders often have little to no clear understanding of the day to day operations. The culture is siloed and mostly centered around performing like a robot. Pay is below average and vertical moved in the company is rarely ever achieved.

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