SGS reviews

3.3

55% would recommend to a friend

(3,376 total reviews)
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Geraldine Picaud

62% approve of CEO

47% positive business outlook

SGS has an employee rating of 3.3 out of 5 stars, based on 3,376 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The SGS 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
5.0
Aug 31, 2017

very good

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Environment is very good and friendly

Cons

Salary, hard to be promoted

4.0
Aug 31, 2017

Technician

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Training available for learning skills and career progression

Cons

Low pay for positions held.

3.0
Aug 27, 2017
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

1. Great work colleagues, technically passionate about their work 2. High respect for the business integrity code. SGS reputation is true 3. No two days are the same, it is never boring 4. Interesting projects for very diversified important customers, industrial & services 5. Travel opportunities abroad for short periods if you happen to be an expert in your field and local SGS affiliates have no capabilities. 6. Huge library of standards and technical guidelines 7. Frequent training and lots of learning-by-doing

Cons

1. Workload very poorly managed, stressful job, deteriorated work-life balance. 2. Often you work for two or more bosses/divisions and priorities are not clear. Almost impossible to meet all objectives. 3. Low salaries and unsubstantial social benefits. 4. Lack of career development plans. Workers often leave in order to work with customers, doing the same job with better salary and benefits. 5. No technical managers. The interpretation of complex standards is up to you. No technical homogenity across affiliates of the same business line, or even across workers in the same office. 6. Payment of travel expenses in advance, typically. Sums can be important. Access to business credit cards very restricted. 7. IT systems not on par of practices nowadays. Typically 5-10 years far from current industry trends. Expect to see old devices and low usage of mobile technologies.

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