Mass Layoffs With No Warning! Hired & Fired me within a month! - Management Trainee Sika Employee Review

1.0
Aug 30, 2023
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

In this program, they take care of all your living expenses, costs with relocation, and provides you with all the technologies you need (phone, laptop, desktop, etc.).

Cons

They will fly you out to one of their worksites in the US and make you stay there for 6 months. You will have no say for what department you want to work in. For example, I was a business major and they put me in a chemistry lab. The company has very poor management and the managers are usually out of town 4/5 days of the week. At the start of this role there is no organization and you sit there doing ABSOLUTELY NOTHING for a whole month. If you are ambitious, hardworking, or care about good company culture.. I do not recommend this role. They hired and fired me within a month because of "budget cuts". You would think that companies invest in their young leaders but this company has such poor management that I worry about what would happen in the future. They laid me off because they did not need an extra employee in R&D but if they had put me in any other department I would have been fine. They also moved me from SoCal to the East Coast and gave me 5 days to pack and fly back home.

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5.0
Jan 14, 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Great team, Great pay and benefits

Cons

Programs and plans need help.

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Sika Response
4mo
Thank you for your review of Sika, we are glad that you enjoyed our environment and team spirit and we wish you all the best in your future career.
3.0
May 14, 2026
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

-People here are great, I made friendships that go beyond the job. -The benefits are pretty good, employee contributions are on the lower end. I also appreciate the PTO day for community service and the fitness reimbursement plan. -I love the employee events like birthday treats (when they still had them) and the holiday party

Cons

-There is little to no internal promotion opportunities anymore. When roles have opened up, they have gone to external candidates, or they bring someone in from the location in Europe. -Patchy communications from corporate, as well as corporate boasting the record-breaking profits on the internet, and then our bonuses would get cut - left a bad taste in everyone's mouth. -Salaries are pretty frugal -Senior management seem to be in a micromanagement mindset and caring about the wrong things -HR and management have made some bad choices when it comes to employees lately that I don't agree with

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Sika Response
2w
Thank you for taking the time to leave a review for Sika. We are very sorry to hear about your concerns and we would strongly encourage you to speak to your local HR team or line manager about these issues.
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