Does SGS pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, SGS employees rate their compensation and benefits as 2.9 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at SGS. This rating has been stable over the past 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at SGS?

55% of SGS employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated SGS 3.2 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.2 for culture and values and 2.9 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at SGS?

Lab Technician (188) , Laboratory Technician (90) , Chemist (87) , Inspector (72) , Project Manager (63) , Analyst (62) , Manager (53) , Technician (50) , Auditor (47) , Administrative Assistant (41) , Supervisor (36) , Laboratory Analyst (34) , Auxiliar Administrativo (33) , Analista (32) , Microbiologist (31)

What are the pros of working at SGS according to real employee reviews?

"People are nice and generally pretty helpful!" ((in 192 reviews)); "Good benefits and 5 days a week" ((in 120 reviews)); "Great colleagues and mid" ((in 101 reviews)); "good work life balance and general" ((in 83 reviews)); "Lovely team and good culture working on site" ((in 68 reviews))

What are the cons of working at SGS according to real employee reviews?

"And low salary" ((in 256 reviews)); "low pay very far not good" ((in 229 reviews)); "By the time you finish training someone they are sick of the way the company and managers treat them and they quit." ((in 40 reviews)); "Also, the subjects are rude but the Principle Investigators and upper management allow it." ((in 34 reviews)); "Poor pay and no bonuses" ((in 29 reviews))

What are employees saying about SGS layoffs in 2026?

Explore Glassdoor’s employee reviews to understand what current and former employees are saying about SGS layoffs and their outlook for job security at SGS in 2026.

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3.3

55% would recommend to a friend

(3,361 total reviews)

Geraldine Picaud

64% approve of CEO

48% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

3.6

Diversity & inclusion

3.2

Culture & values

3.2

Work/Life balance

2.9

Senior management

2.9

Compensation and benefits

2.9

Career opportunities

SGS has an employee rating of 3.3 out of 5 stars, based on 3,361 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

Dec 28, 2013

I have 2 years working experience in previous company as a Administration Executive,Document Controller,customerservice

Administration executive

Recommend

CEO approval

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Pros

It was a great experienced and achievements

Cons

which I learned a lot on how to communicate with different people and on how to handle them after sometime

1.0

Dec 21, 2013

Swiss culture at its worst

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Friendly fun teammates, good to be there if you have good colleagues

Cons

Management freeloading employees, salary increment structure is non-existent, we're just numbers to them (if you don't like it, you can just quit)

1.0

Dec 18, 2013

terrible, very terrible experiance

Technical adviser

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

It has not any reasen to work for sgs

Cons

very, very bad atmosphere, all people there are very sad

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