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 Manifattura industry (3.5 stars).

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950 reviews
5.0
Dec 13, 2016

Territory Productivity Engineer

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Great benefits, flexibility, work independently to fulfill sales goals and assist customers with purchasing decision. Very satisfying work.

Cons

Pay not as high as responsibility level expected, ups and downs of the economy affect your earning potential as well as company's ability to deliver on promises made to customers.

4.0
Dec 11, 2016
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

A company with a long history of research and development and a vast amount of resources. Well-defined paths for advancement and specilization. Opportunities for travel as part of work. Opportunities for networking and presenting at international conferences.

Cons

Bad executive descisions leading to numerous job losses and loss of data. Lack of accountability at high level decision making. Promotion and advancement can be erratic. Increasing isolation of different branches within Sandvik Short-termism compromising long term stability Recent stifling of creativity in terms of research objectives.

3.0
Dec 9, 2016

Inside Sales - still balance

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

High flexibility on work, good corporate benefit, lean organisation structure and very high quality of products in certain product portfolio. Work life balance and ppl are fun!

Cons

Overload workload, underpay, no synchronised system, too many changes recent year, low morale on middle & lower class employee. Lost of focus & direction now. Short of manpower in many division. Too many "mess" need to clean. Continue losing good employee

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