Intertek reviews

3.1

45% would recommend to a friend

(2,498 total reviews)

André Lacroix

39% approve of CEO

39% positive business outlook

Intertek has an employee rating of 3.1 out of 5 stars, based on 2,498 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Intertek employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Administración y consultoría industry (3.7 stars).

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2K reviews
1.0
Nov 26, 2017
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

It is a top global company, so you get exposure to some good global opportunities. If you fit the aggressive culture, you will have a good opportunity for promotion.

Cons

It is a very tough, performance management driven culture. Very formulaic (Read Jim Collins "Good to Great" and "10X" cultures, and you will have a good idea). Standardized delivery, along "factory" lines, run by KPIs, with little freedom to be creative, entrepreneurial or different. Few global systems to support, so much of the delivery is manual in nature. Very aggressive targets are set, sales, profit and cash, and constant performance review pressure applied to extract the maximum from all employees. Heaps of reporting upwards, and constant pressure daily to explain what you are doing, and why you haven't been able to achieve the aggressive targets for that day or week. Work/Life balance is difficult to achieve working for this company. Told to be "10X" and that is what matters. Employee welfare appears secondary, and everything seems to be done for a short term return. If you do decide to join, ensure you negotiate to maximize your base pay, and don't rely on any bonus scheme, as budgets are set with aggressive targets, and it is difficult to achieve any bonus pay unless you have been lucky to have a "10X" year.

1.0
Oct 25, 2017

Leadership

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

The people (employees) are great and reason for most to stay even though pay is low and not market value.

Cons

HR and senior management sucks. Leadership reflects attitude... and leadership there are like do as I say but don't do as I do. Many of them are not there most of the time but expect employees to be present.

1.0
Oct 6, 2017

A horrible company to work for in Plano, TX.

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Lower management does a decent job and generally cares about their direct reports and the business.

Cons

1: Upper management has no idea what they are doing and morale is at an all time low with many employees looking for other jobs. 2: Average salaries for engineers are well below the national average. 3: Compensation structure for sales team is so far off, they have the highest turnover. 4: Extremely low morale with no leadership. 5: Very fast paced with exceedingly high expectations with no reward in return. 6: No consideration for accomplishments just higher expectations. 7: Pretty much non-existent growth opportunities.

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