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3.2

54% would recommend to a friend

(664 total reviews)
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61% approve of CEO

46% positive business outlook

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5.0
Sep 6, 2017

Short Review

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Various projects, thus good experience gain.

Cons

Salary is low for living there.

3.0
Aug 27, 2017
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

1. Great work colleagues, technically passionate about their work 2. High respect for the business integrity code. SGS reputation is true 3. No two days are the same, it is never boring 4. Interesting projects for very diversified important customers, industrial & services 5. Travel opportunities abroad for short periods if you happen to be an expert in your field and local SGS affiliates have no capabilities. 6. Huge library of standards and technical guidelines 7. Frequent training and lots of learning-by-doing

Cons

1. Workload very poorly managed, stressful job, deteriorated work-life balance. 2. Often you work for two or more bosses/divisions and priorities are not clear. Almost impossible to meet all objectives. 3. Low salaries and unsubstantial social benefits. 4. Lack of career development plans. Workers often leave in order to work with customers, doing the same job with better salary and benefits. 5. No technical managers. The interpretation of complex standards is up to you. No technical homogenity across affiliates of the same business line, or even across workers in the same office. 6. Payment of travel expenses in advance, typically. Sums can be important. Access to business credit cards very restricted. 7. IT systems not on par of practices nowadays. Typically 5-10 years far from current industry trends. Expect to see old devices and low usage of mobile technologies.

5.0
Aug 19, 2017

Good

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Multicultural company and is in many countries

Cons

The salary increased every year

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