Intertek reviews

3.1

45% would recommend to a friend

(2,501 total reviews)

André Lacroix

39% approve of CEO

40% positive business outlook

Intertek has an employee rating of 3.1 out of 5 stars, based on 2,501 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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3K reviews
1.0
Dec 27, 2019

Management are killing this place

Anonymous employee
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Pros

There are some lovely people at Intertek, these people are frequently taken advantage of by "management".

Cons

Management, as many here have said, have no idea how to manage. They skew data to meet unrealistic targets and throw those below them under the bus; there's a reason employee turnover is high. Your work ethic and skills are not appreciated or valued and, if management feels threatened by you or their job is at risk, they will not hesitate to pile unachievable work on you inorder to force you out as the fall guy. I should point out that this doesn't apply if you are related to management, then you are not only protected, but often promoted (there are a lot of family ties here). Resources and staff are cut frequently leaving vastly under staffed, under equipt teams. These teams are, however, still expected to hit the ridiculous monthly company targets; inevitably when this doesn't happen because of the aforementioned cutbacks, management uses poor performance as the justification for not getting more staff. First class logic there, I think we can all agree. There is no loyalty, no respect, no appreciation and very little training. The company is poor to the core. Management claim that Intertek are global leaders, however, they have been surviving on reputation for a number of years now. Truth be told, the company is lacking in all of the keys areas and this is a direct result of incompetent, unskilled, and unprofessional management that use a once great company as their personal playground.

2.0
Oct 2, 2019
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Pretty good banter with the shop floor staff. Those in charge seem happy for people to take on different tasks so the work can be quite varied day to day. Health and safety record pretty good, though I think that's down to luck and employee efforts rather than effective control measures. It's very easy to get away with doing nothing if the mood strikes you

Cons

Profit seems to be the only concern of management. No formal training. Informal training is very much "watch then do". Very little communication between upper management and employees. Wildly unequal pay, seemingly unconnected to competence. No communication between sites within company; everyone works in a bubble. It's very easy for everyone else to get away with doing nothing if the mood strikes them.

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