SGS reviews

3.3

55% would recommend to a friend

(3,376 total reviews)
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Geraldine Picaud

62% approve of CEO

47% positive business outlook

SGS has an employee rating of 3.3 out of 5 stars, based on 3,376 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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4.0
Aug 15, 2025
Recommend
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Pros

good company culture and generally the people you work with are good

Cons

A lot of management expects a good bit of overtime even if you finish early

1.0
Aug 13, 2025

SGS Dubai - Toxic finance department

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Adding the name of a Swiss NMC to your CV.

Cons

Where to begin? The Finance lead of the JAFZA office has been with the company for approximately 30 years, through spreading lies about other staff in the Finance dept and rest of the company. He is an IT person with zero Finance qualifications or fundamental understanding who has built his career on a bed of lies and by licking the boots of the regional controller. This senior is toxic, spreads lies verbally so that there is no written proof, etc. AVOID working in this department. His modus operandi is to act like your friend and spread hate speech about the Finance senior head to get you to confide in him and say bad things about management. He then goes to management and exaggerates and lies about anything you say to alienate you against the director. This is also how he tries to control promotions, salary increases and bonuses. By painting a false picture of the performance of the team, so that he retains the majority of bonuses, along with his personal friend who he somehow got promoted to, yet he completes all her work for her. Do not waste your career here. Senior Management knows very well what poison is tarnishing the name of this Finance department and they have done nothing about it for years.

5.0
Aug 12, 2025
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

When joining SGS the process of joining the company was very smooth, the company made sure to keep in regular contact with me throughout the process and ensured that i understood all details needed. I have been with the company for just over 2 months now and i can't name any faults, all the people i have met are lovely and always willing to lend a hand or support me when needed, the onboarding process was very busy but they made sure that i knew all the details that would be used in the job and the environment around me to ensure that i had the knowledge needed for the day to day life at SGS. From my experience so far, it really has me exited to see where my future will take me with SGS

Cons

I don't have any cons from my experience.

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