Love my job, my coworkers, and the Zeiss customers but............... - Field Service Engineer II ZEISS Group Employee Review

2.0
Sep 21, 2020
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Stable and established company, great benefits, awesome co-workers, and you get to travel which I actually like. They provide a company car to the FSE's as well. We also get employee discount on Zeiss products and their products are absolutely awesome.

Cons

Absolutely beyond HORRIBLE management, Work and Life balance really sucks. All management cares about is numbers, and they micromanage you to a point that you want to commit suicide. I spend (still do) my weekends doing paperwork because I am too busy during the week. They pay us less after 8 hours of work to travel home. Has to be somewhat illegal. We get paid overtime but I would rather spend time with my wife and kids after 8-10 hours of work. During COVID 19 they still make us work and they don't care about our well being. They are still pressuring us to get our numbers. They are currently threatening furlough or layoffs as well.

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Pros

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Cons

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2.0
May 29, 2026
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Pros

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Cons

There is no ability to effect change; processes are so manual to keep people employed that should be let go, and the company is unwilling to listen to ideas of change. Also, there is no actual product quality, their so called Quality department does not deal with product quality at all, thus systems leaving the factory untested as a whole system or software releases being fully vetted for functionality. Their "Quality department" is only a CYA department to protect them from FDA audits, which quite frankly, could be called a Complaint Conversion Department. What is the point, other than titles, to call themselves Quality when nothing actually is fixed on the products and they are uninterested in end customer user experience or improving the actual product quality and sustainability.

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