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    82%
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    Work/Life balance
    3.4(84 ratings)
    Career development
    3.6(84 ratings)
    Benefits & perks
    3.4(84 ratings)
    Management
    3.2(84 ratings)
    Working environment
    3.8(84 ratings)
    Diversity & equal opportunity
    2.5(2 ratings)
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    3.0
    Lab Department
    Aug 2024
    Shah Alam Selangor11 to 12 years in the role, former employee
    Great place place for entry level experience
    The good thingsStaff benefits are good. Team work is like family working together. Great for new job seekers / entry level.
    The challengesPoor direction from Management. No room for career growth. Politics at higher management. Promotion is among top management only. Either you are favored and climb up the corporate ladder, else you'll be doing the same things over and over again. Very low salary package & increment.
    4.0
    Customer Care Representative
    May 2024
    Pasir Gudang Johor1 to 2 years in the role, former employee
    Friendship
    The good thingsAlways learn new things
    The challengesSalary paid was below my expectation
    3.0
    Executive
    Aug 2023
    Shah Alam Selangor11 to 12 years in the role, former employee
    Great work place, no room for career progression
    The good thingsGood company to work and learn in your own time frame. Great colleagues and working environment. Supportive superior.
    The challengesNo career progression. Minimal salary increment. Limited training to sharpen or broaden your skills.
    3.0
    Chemist
    Feb 2023
    3 to 4 years in the role, former employee
    Lifetime experience that teach a lesson
    The good thingsGood team who help each other Able to get more experience in troubleshoot instrument No work on WEEKEND
    The challengesAverage salary for chemist No improvement in position Alot of samples on daily basis but not stress,manageable.
    3.0
    Laboratory technician
    Dec 2022
    1 to 2 years in the role, former employee
    Attractive benefits and remuneration, but low salary...
    The good thingsSupportive colleagues and good remuneration packages
    The challengesMicro management, no career growth opportunities (only if you are from that one race), salary too low for fresh grads, no increment, salary is not fair for all employees
    1 person found this helpful
    3.0
    Internship
    Sep 2022
    Shah Alam SelangorLess than 1 year in the role, former employee
    Internship (Gained Knowledge)
    The good thingsGained alot of knowledge. Free to learn many stuffs and attended trainings with the other permanent staff.
    The challengesHigh workload. Intern goes home late too even the salary is low.
    5.0
    Junior sales executive
    Aug 2021
    current employee
    Good exposure to Sales
    The good thingsThe company, SGS is certainly a great place to kickstart your career in Sales. As a junior sales executive, I had the opportunity to communicate and liaise with clients & vendors from various industries in an effort to cross-sell related inspection, testing and certifications services. I also learned and understood method of cold calling, closing a sale, meeting the sales target and defining the ISO standards and ASTM regulations Despite having to work from home, the company placed great emphasis on the well being of their employees by organizing weekly catch up sessions, product knowledge meetings and etc. This has definitely kept me motivated and strengthen the relationship with my colleagues.
    The challengesThere are none that I could think of at the moment. At times the job can be a bit stressful especially having to meet the client requirements and sales target.
    5.0
    Auditor
    Aug 2021
    3 to 4 years in the role, current employee
    good environment especially for an experienced worker
    The good thingsminimum supervision, flexible work hours, great supervisors, a lot of training opportunities, a lot of independence. Great if you already know what to do and like to work independent of others.
    The challengesthe salary is average in my opinion. laptop could be improved. each km mileage claim could be improved. healthcare benefit could be improved.
    5.0
    Internship student
    Mar 2021
    Shah Alam SelangorLess than 1 year in the role, former employee
    I have tons of experience and learn new things everyday
    The good thingsThe staffs is so professional and nice with each other. My supervisor and staffs helped me a lot during my internship here and I have learned new sets of skills and gain new experiences.
    The challengesIt is sometimes hard to keep track of everyday work as there are so many samples that need to be conducted.
    5.0
    Agriculture, Food and life
    May 2020
    Less than 1 year in the role, former employee
    Focus in work, work together for a better result
    The good thingsHaving the best work team
    The challengesNeed to focus in every task and information given
    5.0
    Intern
    Feb 2020
    Less than 1 year in the role, former employee
    Amazing working environment
    The good thingsEveryone was very helpful and friendly, from the upper management to all the other staffs. They provided me excellent learning experience by letting me engage in different tasks with adequate guidance and encouragement.
    The challengesIt was quite challenging to meet the deadlines due to overloading samples to be tested but with insufficient number of staffs.
    2.0
    Assistant supervisor
    Jan 2020
    3 to 4 years in the role, current employee
    poor management
    The good thingsit's a good place to spend your life here and waiting for death to come
    The challengespoor management on all things. long working hour with low payments. hard to comm with manager. no allowance provided. need to deal with cheap bosses as they need to keep everything for themselves. feel like working under private comp. not worldwide company no promotion except for their own "race"
    3.0
    Field Staff
    Dec 2019
    5 to 6 years in the role, former employee
    limited career progress
    The good thingsgood place to learning in your own will and effort
    The challengesCareer progress very limited, no structured training or support.however good place to learn but need to do it on your own effort. working environment great.overall good place for starter or to be in comfort zone, definitely not a place to progress more or earn more bucks
    1 person found this helpful
    3.0
    Laboratory Analyst
    Dec 2019
    5 to 6 years in the role, current employee
    Good place to gain experience
    The good thingsGood colleague Yearly bonus Yearly increment
    The challengesAverage salary Low increment No guidance from manager
    4.0
    Quality inspector
    Oct 2019
    Giving proper training to become an independent surveyor
    The good thingsMore friendly colleague,All allowance were provided, meet more pnew people, working above office hour will include in overtime claim
    The challengesToo much work to be done at the same time
    5.0
    Admin assistant
    Oct 2019
    3 to 4 years in the role, current employee
    Recommended
    The good thingsStaff welfare so good
    The challengesU need to achieve KPI all of the time
    4.0
    Chemist
    Sep 2019
    1 to 2 years in the role, current employee
    Great Place to Start
    The good thingsProvide a lot of training so we can learn more everyday
    The challengesThe benefits of bonus and reward
    3.0
    Executive Chemist
    Aug 2019
    3 to 4 years in the role, current employee
    Good company for fresh graduate.
    The good things4 days rest
    The challengesNumber of sample and workload unbalance compare to salary
    5.0
    Assistant engineer.
    Aug 2019
    Less than 1 year in the role, former employee
    I have learned all that there is to know about RBI, corrosion and CBM.
    The good thingsThe management and staff there are great and friendly.
    The challengesThe lack of project.
    5.0
    Customer service
    Aug 2019
    Less than 1 year in the role, current employee
    It is a good place to learn everything and to know how important even a tiny role in the company
    The good thingsGood working environment and management and supportive head of department and senior colleague.
    The challengesReally need full attention because dealing with sensitive testing involving quality of the services
    5.0
    Operations Assistant
    Aug 2019
    3 to 4 years in the role, former employee
    Manage Lab and Field work operations
    The good thingsEveryday is learning day. Employer will keep educating staff and always put safety as number one concerned
    The challengesBeating division revenues. as monthly we will need to make sure the revenue hits the target.
    3.0
    Administrative executive
    Jul 2019
    9 to 10 years in the role, current employee
    I help SGS Academy to prepare training materials and e-certificates. Manage the iLearn invoices during month end and prepare report for management review
    The good thingsI have been working in few positions within ten years time. I gain a lot of knowledge and skills to further my career. Friendly colleagues.
    The challengesThe yearly increment too little. Management not appreciate my contribution to my current position. My division going to move to Shah Alam office end of this year which is far away from my house. So I would like to make a change looking for new challenges.
    5.0
    Lab assistant
    Jul 2019
    Good experience and increase more knowledge
    The good thingsAll the colleague are very helpful and share all the knowledge together
    The challengesNeed to settle all the testing within the required time.
    3.0
    Inspector
    Jun 2019
    3 to 4 years in the role, current employee
    poor management
    The good thingsshift, learn new things
    The challengeslack of communication, title only for friends, low salary, small raise, not organized, manager cut cost for everything including your SALARY
    3.0
    Inspection Engineer
    Jun 2019
    1 to 2 years in the role, current employee
    Good Exposure
    The good thingsGood exposure for fresh graduates. Good working environment
    The challengesManagement sucks, lack in organisation, worker's wellfare are not really well kept
    5.0
    Country manager
    May 2019
    11 to 12 years in the role, former employee
    Absolutely Great working in SGS Lanka which is a part og SGS Group , Geneva and is a MNC
    The good thingsthe organization culture is very good. You get support and freedom to act from Superiors. SGS is very systematic and ensure compliance to the highest order. The whole organization structure from Global to Local is very well organized with responsibilities clearly defined.
    The challengesThe budgetary targets is very stiff.
    5.0
    Country manager
    May 2019
    11 to 12 years in the role, former employee
    I worked as Country Manager for 12 years
    The good thingsThe overall organisation culture and its ethics . Very good in decision making. Freedom to act .
    The challengesNot many challenges within the company but its external. The country political risk
    4.0
    Engineer
    Apr 2019
    1 to 2 years in the role, current employee
    No stress working environment, but small career development
    The good thingsNot strict in terms of attendance, small work load, less stress, balance lifestyle. Very nice colleague. Hard to find in any other companies.
    The challengesChallenging to find career development and to learn more. Possibly no raise in increment (stagnant salary) even up to two years working for the company.
    2.0
    Former employee
    Mar 2019
    Less than 1 year in the role, former employee
    Short live employment
    The good thingsA lot of free time.
    The challengesThe organization for new employee onboarding could be made a lot better. Starting from working, there are no SOP to follow on what should an employee know about his/her work. It is like going on a battle field without preparation. Additionally, it took more than 1 months to set up your company email, more than 2 months to set up your claim system. You have to persistently asked for it which is ludicrous. There are no connection between employee and their reporting manager by which till now, I don't even know the face of my reporting manager. SGS boast itself as a great platform to boost your career or a great company to work for but there should be an asterisk with line 'depending on terms & conditions'. It took me one month to realize that SGS is not a best place to work by the organization alone and began looking for other job. It did not provide me the challenges which they said they have and it is not great for those who like to have their expertise challenged. Luckily I did find other job and in the end, I ended my tenure during my probation and began working with this other company. I did offer to give some recommendations but I guess SGS is too good for that.
    2.0
    Microbiologist
    Dec 2018
    Less than 1 year in the role, former employee
    This review is solely for Microbiology Lab
    The good things- PPE is provided by employer - Flexible in terms of leave request (this is however subjected to manpower available at the time of request) - Steep learning curve as broad parameters offered means you get to learn a whole lot of skills in short amount of time - External and internal trainings provided (this could be a con however if your team is small and there's a critical shortage of manpower)
    The challenges- Low OT rate (OT rate for public holiday is only 2x normal rate) - You NEED to be able to work on public holidays (yes that means sacrificing whatever kind of plans you already made) and work long hours (~10 hrs/day) - Small team + huge workload = constant shortage of manpower - Micromanagement makes you feel like being treated as a child rather than a working adult - Less than attractive benefits - No work life balance - focus is solely on work, no community service, team building etc (least not for lab staff). Expect 24/7 factory kind of work condition. - Working with bacteria for long hours means you might fall sick quite often than not, but if your body immunity is strong this should not be a problem
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