SGS Lab Analyst reviews

3.3

41% would recommend to a friend

(210 total reviews)
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Geraldine Picaud

83% approve of CEO

44% positive business outlook

Lab Analyst employees have rated SGS with 3.3 out of 5 stars, based on 210 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Lab Analyst professionals have a good working experience there. SGS is rated in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) by Lab Analyst professionals compared to other employers within the Management & Consulting industry (3.7 stars).

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210 reviews
4.0
Apr 17, 2013

Lab Tech

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

The pay rate and shift work (4on/4off) allow for a balance in work and leisure. Making great working connections and experience within the mining industry.

Cons

Long Hours, Hard work, respiratory issues, mainly casual employment (easily dismissed without notice) and equipment malfunction.

2.0
Oct 26, 2011
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Large international company with opportunities to network globally. Very knowledgeable people (if you can track them down and connect with them) in a wide variety of businesses. Stable job. Good "starter company" to prepare you to work elsewhere.

Cons

Very poor communication between departments, branches, divisions or countries. You will be re-inventing the wheel. Jealousy & competition between branches is discouraged in word, but encouraged in deed. You must be very careful who you help or very secretive if you do lend a hand to another branch. No chance for promotion. If you're hired on as management then you have a chance to move up, otherwise the company will hire from the outside before they promote from within. Little direction from management on where the company is going. Bureaucracy. Stagnant culture. Zero ability to implement change on a local, national or global level. Very low wages compared to similar positions with other companies.

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