SGS reviews

Company only cares about the bottom line and the slightest downturn in business leads to layoffs (common in all TIC companies). Little room for advancement or promotion if you are good at what you do. You will stagnate in your role if you are good at what you do. No real chance for professional development. The company seems to selectively promote incompetent “yes men” into technical roles which they are grossly unqualified for nor capable of handling.... and these people are the face of our company when there is contact with clients.

When I first started working for SGS, it was a fantastic place to work. However, having 4 managing directors in under 18 months soon changed that. A supportive culture was replaced by poor management, and a blame culture. It got to the point where many teams on site adopted an “us versus them” mentality, especially against the management, and focussed solely on their work. good work was not rewarded, and mistakes were highlighted. Leaving staff were not replaced, only compounding the problem further. There was no HR presence on site and they adopted a very “hands-off” approach, which propagated an air of negativity, nervousness and fear of making a mistake. When I applied for other jobs with other companies, most of them were aware of the situation at the site, which makes the fact that it was not dealt with even worse.