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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
3.0
Sep 20, 2014
Recommend
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Pros

Company has fantastic customer service values and will go the extra mile and then some to insure its customers are taken care of. Nice clean work facilities. ESOP retirement plan. In general most of your fellow employees are good people.

Cons

You have a good chance of ending up with a manger here that has very poor people/management skills. The majority of the management team is long term employees who would not be in a similar position in a company of this type in a large metropolitan area. Plan on having to endure a cult like atmosphere without much room for dissent allowed if you want to keep your job. Also plan on working regularly 50+ hours a week without any extra compensation for anything over 40 hours if you are a salaried employee.

4.0
Aug 27, 2014
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Outstanding company that continually identifies, measures, and improves it's processes to make power safer, more reliable, and more economical. An asset to the community as well as continual worldwide innovation. A leader in their industry! They also provide health and dental insurance to all their employees.

Cons

During the time I worked in the manufacturing departments, I noticed many people became jaded from the repetitive tasks, and poor involvement of management. First, most of the supervisors were not understanding of people who really needed to use a few sick days, they would usually take them on a guilt trip. Second, I would give an "F" in leadership and delegation to a few individuals in management (of which some no longer work at SEL). They wouldn't get to know their employees enough to make a stronger team. In other words, our improvement was stagnant compared to the potential of what our team could be. Looking for the diamond underneath and polishing it till it shines in the people who have a greater potential in another areas, as well as leadership. It would also stimulate more pride and dignity of work to be offered different positions by supervisors who really get to know their employees.

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