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4.0

74% would recommend to a friend

(762 total reviews)
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Edmund O Schweitzer III

83% approve of CEO

79% positive business outlook

Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories has an employee rating of 4.0 out of 5 stars, based on 762 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Manufacturing industry (3.5 stars).

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762 reviews
5.0
Nov 2, 2014
Recommend
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Pros

Great atmosphere. Great projects. Great experience with co workers.

Cons

Not a very flexible schedule. Don't have a chance to move up in te company very quickly.

5.0
Oct 28, 2014

Great Company with Values they stick to

Anonymous employee
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Pros

SEL is very innovative and offers challenging projects. The benefits they offer are fantastic and they offer support for furthering your education. They also offer a ton of classes and in-house courses that help you learn more about the industry and the company, preparing you for growth within the company.

Cons

Sometimes there are office politics, but that's not unheard of in a large company. Very highly Men in Research and Development, which can make being a woman and being taken seriously difficult at first, but it's gotten way better in the past 5 years.

3.0
Oct 3, 2014
Recommend
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Pros

They are pretty much the biggest employer outside of institutions. There is for a lack of a better word 'two training departments'. There is how we would like to perceive how things are done and how they are actually performed. Office culture: I am a blue collar employee so my perspective is from the standpoint of working in two identical departments on opposite shifts. There seems a lot more comradely on swing shift. But less backstabbing on day shift no matter the department though not to say there are not individuals that will abuse others while they fail to do work or would rather complain that people want to follow best practices or yell at you for 'Do as I say not as I do'.

Cons

Some times it feels that they take advantage of being so large for a small area of employment opportunities, but they are getting better especially with some of the newer management they have. Promotions: as long as you work in Custom Encloser, you are under 5 foot blonde, or may be a slight jerk. (Mixing and matching these qualities help). Values: Some days better then others sometimes I feel that assemblers care more about quality AND understand human error better then management. ESOP really reminds me of ENRON or a pyramid scheme.

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