SGS reviews

3.3

54% would recommend to a friend

(3,378 total reviews)
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Geraldine Picaud

60% approve of CEO

46% positive business outlook

SGS has an employee rating of 3.3 out of 5 stars, based on 3,378 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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3K reviews
3.0
Aug 22, 2018

Working at SGS

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Integrity is key within the company Flexible work life balance

Cons

Growth is very limited Raises and bonosus are seeminly nonexistent

2.0
May 17, 2018
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

The coworkers you have with you throughout the work day. This job can help you get on with a big company if you’re in the right position. Lots of overtime. Great trainers who know what they’re doing.

Cons

Never home because people quit so you’re forced to work overtime, very low pay for the work being done, hardly any incentives other than some $50 gift card each quarter for safety. Management such as the site leader will prevent you from obtaining a job with DOW itself and give you a bad rep if they are short handed in your department. You try to give your opinions on things and they shut you down 24/7 like you don’t matter. Claim to be family oriented yet you only ever hear or see the higher guys getting to participate in the events the company holds. No self accountability when someone messes up it becomes the entire departments fault. If DOW has a mess up you better believe to not lose their contract SGS will find a way to pin it on someone some how. DOW always implements changes based around their customers and while I do understand that DOW is our customer but sometimes these changes affect our work so much and make it much more difficult than it already is, our management never wants to step up and fight a little for us they just go with the flow and it causes a lot of problems making it very hard for workers to work safe and clear minded when we always have to worry about messing something up. Vacation time is hardly nothing stuck with 40 hours until you make 3 Year’s and top out with only 120 hours in 5. No sick days and also no maternity leave. Room for advancement is there if you work 20 Year’s or so but other than that better believe you’re stuck where you’re at topped out at less than $24/hr after 5 years.

3.0
Apr 17, 2018

Vehicle Inspector

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

- Work Independently - Co-Workers are good - Willing to get you extra work - OT available - Good benefits

Cons

- Work seemed to dry up in my area - Had to travel to get hours - Pay was a little low then similar companies - Use your own car

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SGS Response
8y
Hello, thank you for taking the time to write a review. I fully agree we have great co-workers and independent work. I am sorry you didn't appreciate using your car and driving long hours but it is part of the being a vehicle inspector in the US. Thank you very much for your advice that I will share with Management. All the best in your next job, Tanya
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