Scania reviews

4.1

81% would recommend to a friend

(935 total reviews)

Christian Levin

89% approve of CEO

68% positive business outlook

Scania has an employee rating of 4.1 out of 5 stars, based on 935 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an excellent working experience there. The Scania 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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935 reviews
2.0
Sep 20, 2021

Meh!

Recommend
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Pros

Great team of people in HR! Best thing about working for Scania.

Cons

* No way to progress * Well underpaid and will not review salaries * Ideas not listened to or explored * Women are not listened to at Board level - Mens club mentality * Systems are poor and will develop them in order to have a functioning HR database * Went through 2 rounds of redundancies - Survived and was with the company for 4 years and didnt even get a leaving card - This just shows how much the management respect or value the team.

4.0
Dec 29, 2017
Recommend
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Pros

Freedom under responsibility - You get to define the way you work and how you do it. Good possibility for one to make a career - You can do a career as a specialist with building knowledge, generalist by widening in different departments as well as project leader or manager. Good brand reputation - Everywhere you go in Europe and if you say you work for Scania, truckers will start telling you stories and speak about Scania with warmth in their hearts. Great opportunities for career abroad - Scania has buisninesses in Europe, South America, India and Thailand and is growing in other markets as well. Flat and open organization - You can talk to anyone regardless of their job title and corporate status.

Cons

Low wages - Scania pays less than the average employer in Stockholm. Poor wage development - 2-3% is standard, you get more if you climb the career ladder. Focus in Södertälje - Great if you live there, not if you don't... Lots of rotation of people - Due to the three above reasons... Lots of 'corporate politics' - Hard to get people to take responsibility, many managers prefer to shove issues on other managers.

3.0
May 7, 2023
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

- Skill development possibilites through courses - Respect for the individual is always emphasized

Cons

- Low salary for what they ask for. I know many average engineers that make 80K SEK per month who only get this amount due to how many times they have changed positions within Scania and not how skilled they are. - If you come with a PhD, you will start from zero when it comes to salary. If you want a job where you are paid well and that you can increase it by perfomring well, Scania is not the place. Unfortunately, the way they increase your salary is very subjective and depends on how your manager reviews your yearly performance, and you have no voice in changing that. Even if you perform well, which practically requires you to work over time, your salary increase is limited by how other enigneers in the same skill group as you have performed. For example, if your performance is C (this is the highest one can achieve), they won't necessarily increase your salary by how much they should since engineers with the same career level have not got much rise due to their low performance. In summary, you are not in charge of your success. - You should take driving license for trucks. If Swedish is not your native language, you will have problems. Also, you can only study the theory in your free time at home. Pair this with the fact that you will go to summer and winter tests regularly where weather is harsh. The funny part is your salary will not be incresaed because of any of these extra work. It is literally slavery - The work load is pretty high if you work with electric trucks. - Location is not nice. Overall, I think Scania is good for you if you don't have high degrees and are not ambitious career and salary wise.

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