Sandvik reviews

4.0

84% would recommend to a friend

(950 total reviews)
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Stefan Widing

89% approve of CEO

72% positive business outlook

Sandvik has an employee rating of 4.0 out of 5 stars, based on 950 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Sandvik employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Manufactura industry (3.5 stars).

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950 reviews
1.0
Oct 12, 2018
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Top of the line products with interesting technology.

Cons

Horrible organization with way too many managers controlling everything you do. There are eight,(8), levels of managers between an ordinary product development engineer and the CEO!? The whole organization is built on control and the employees are treated like cattle, if you do not seem to fit in your role you WILL get moved around to different departments. There are constantly meetings about everything, sometimes you get the impression that meetings are being held just for the cause of it. Lower level managers are afraid to take decisions so instead as many people as possible are invited to meetings so that managers can not be accused of taking the wrong decisions personally. To get anything done you must ensure to have both secured your decision upwards and downwards in the extremely hierarchaly built organization. Wages are being kept below average for the industry in general and senior managers are treated like "gods" by lower level managers.

3.0
Oct 5, 2018

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Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Good money. Good opportunities to progress.

Cons

Unless you play golf with management you get no where

3.0
Sep 28, 2018
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Good place to work if your driver is a work/life balance Great products with high innovation Great atmosphere for work in Europe. Still has the Swedish respectful treatment to colleagues culture Amazing site for work in Chile

Cons

Sandvik has underperformed the last 6 years comparing to peers Unclear Headquarter communication and corporate vision in Sandvik Rock Technology division Lack of sales and customer focus. This is company that looks itself, customer is not the main focus....high bureaucracy in doing businesses. Mediocre Human Resources staff in Latam. This is probably the worst division I have seen.

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