SMS group Reviews

4.1

81% would recommend to a friend

(164 total reviews)
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Burkhard Dahmen

85% approve of CEO

59% positive business outlook

SMS group has an employee rating of 4.1 out of 5 stars, based on 164 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an excellent working experience there. The SMS group employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Manufacturing industry (3.5 stars).

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164 reviews
1.0
7 May 2020
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Friendly workshop staff. Benefits are pretty good.

Cons

Management is extremely disorganized. You get thrown under the bus for the mistakes made by others. Management straight up lies to you again and again and again. They don't believe in annual cost of living increases, and they make a big deal out of a 1.5% "cost of living increase" that doesn't even cover inflation just because it's not something they do ever. They promote liars and people who step on the heads of others to get ahead. They'll work you to the bone if you show initiative. Engineers are just made into project managers. If they like you where you are, there is no opportunity to move within the company.

1.0
1 Aug 2017

Great Place for Experience in Areas that you Don't Want Experience in

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

beer at company events, reasonable health care,

Cons

Tense environment, constant office drama, management immaturity level is high, low diversity in company, management top heavy, not many opportunities for advancement

3.0
23 Mar 2014
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Financially stable. Company generally has good products, services, and people. Generally good ethics, with some exceptions (tendency to over-commit for some projects, i.e., customer expectations are not always met).

Cons

USA subsidiaries for the SMS Group have limited autonomy. The industry is staid and conservative, very slow to innovate. Risk averse. This can also be a positive, however, because over time this industry will reward companies for good behavior (the people involved tend to stay put for years, and they have memories.....)

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