SGS reviews

3.3

54% would recommend to a friend

(3,392 total reviews)
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61% approve of CEO

47% positive business outlook

SGS has an employee rating of 3.3 out of 5 stars, based on 3,392 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The SGS employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Management & Consulting industry (3.7 stars).

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3.0
Feb 7, 2024

Very poor pay

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Pros

A professional organisation which utilises cheap labour.

Cons

The salary for skilled, qualified professionals is terrible. The promise of salary increase keeps us hoping. However, most leave within 18-months, following training and instantly earn £5k more.

2.0
Feb 7, 2024

Stumbling Through

Anonymous employee
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Pros

-Mostly friendly staff, who are more than willing to help. -Great QA/QC department, catches many mistakes and makes clear what the mistakes are. -Events and community building

Cons

-Management is out of touch with employees. -Even when told about mistakes, management refuses to do anything about employees. -Management plays politics over results -HR non-communicative, borderline non-existent -IT refuses to allow basic access in order to perform job responsibilities -Inter-department drama with team leads causing different departments "unable to communicate with each other". There exists actual emails where it is stated certain departments are not allowed to even talk with people from another department. This was also enforced by management for some reason. -People within upper management or HR legitimately believe that employees shouldn't discuss salaries with each other. There exists email evidence of this fact, even though this is illegal. -Very upsetting to know the fact that analysts who have to handle volatile and hazardous materials (SDS states products could cause cancer or even death) get paid significantly less than those who are only in office one day a week.

2.0
Feb 6, 2024

Its a good learning ground

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Pros

1. Equip with latest equipment and instrument 2. Gain a lot of knowledge and technical skills 3. Challenging working environment (workload is high, improve your technical skills and your time management) 4. Colleagues were very helpful

Cons

1. Poorly paid 2. Career advancement looks gloomy 3. High turnover rate, and lots of fresh graduate (keep on training new staff)

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