Sandvik reviews

3.9

84% would recommend to a friend

(944 total reviews)
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Stefan Widing

88% approve of CEO

71% positive business outlook

Sandvik has an employee rating of 3.9 out of 5 stars, based on 944 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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944 reviews
1.0
Feb 24, 2010
Recommend
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Pros

International travel (1-2 weeks per month) which is great if you don't have a family Benefits are OK for older employees close to retirement age In Sweden they offer very good benefits (18 months maternity and some paternity leave). This is not the case outside Sweden though.

Cons

The best jobs are in the head office (Sweden) and are protected by management at the expense of every other country.. There is no culture of accountability - if you do a good job, you are not rewarded, if you don't you get to hang around for eternity relying on everybody else to carry you. Management is completely disengaged from the realities of the mining business Very strong corporate culture forces everybody to march like lemmings off a cliff Poor pay Demoralized workforce

1.0
Nov 26, 2019

Look elsewhere

Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Company car with all expenses paid, phone, laptop.

Cons

-Ways of working are a joke. A constant shell game with so many changes that nobody wins. -They want you to spend more time on your computer logging all of your opportunities than spending time in front of customers. -Regional sales managers are spread so thin they can't be efficient at their jobs. -Coromant is a marketing genius but once you get behind the curtain it's all smoke and mirrors. I would rank them right up there with Yeti, Costas, and Bow Flex. Marketed very well but offering nothing more than overpriced illusions of grandeur. -You would serve yourself better to work for another carbide tool manufacturer such as Iscar, Sumitomo, Mitsubishi, or even Kyocera. At least you would be able to sell decent tooling at an affordable price. -Publicly traded company that's more concerned with protecting their investors than they are their own employees. Sandvik Blue will lay off 2,000 employees globally by the end of 2019 to "right size" the company and pad the wallets of their investors. Glory! -It's a shame that what was once a great company has succumbed to the stereotypical corporate greed mentality. I'm certain that Göran Göransson is rolling over in his grave. May he Rest in Peace.

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