Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories reviews

By and large, the people who work there are intelligent and pleasant to work with. The work done there is good - helping make power safer and more readily available around the world. There are many learning opportunities and ways to develop yourself professionally. The work can be interesting and challenging, if you're in the right department. They support higher education (even providing funding) after you've been there at least 1 year. Pay is reasonable, although not on the high end, and the benefits are good.

I've really enjoyed working here. Like any job, it "has its days," but in general the expectations of me are challenging but reasonable, and I have the resources necessary to do things right. Thinking about so many other companies in America that are driven by venture capitalists or shareholders barking for a higher price, I feel like it's safe to say that the pressure I feel here to perform comes from within or from our company's drive to do a great job for our customers. I know there are some divisions where the work-life balance needs some work (again, like any company), but especially in the last few months I keep seeing ways that the company is trying to address that. One of the reviews I saw below talks about SEL being "underfunded and understaffed." That just doesn't ring true at all, although I'm sure that some groups are more pressed than others. We hired like hundreds of people in the last couple of years. The underfunded bit seems more like an excuse, personally. I like that the founder is still involved. Our competitors have boards of accountants running them and we have an actual engineer who still cares about innovation at the helm. I wouldn't trade that.