Intertek Reviews

Current Employee – been working at Intertek full-time for more than 8 years

Pros – Stable company with consistant growth.
business lines are starting to share information.
overall job oppertunity around the globe.

Cons – Very old management style where employees lower than the corporate ranks have little say. Poor to nonexistant training for up coming managers, and current training tools are ineffective. Leans on bright stars or overperformers far too often. Nepotisim and favoritism are rampant. Revenue and margins are used far too often as how well an office or employees are performing.

Advice to Senior Management – Change to how businesses are run today. Treat your people well and you revenue will follow.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at Intertek full-time for more than 8 years

Pros – Benefits are ok. Lots of inexperience around.

Cons – Very poor morale
Different rules for different people. A lot of unfairness.
People are expendable. Very Very high staff turnover.
Bottom line is king..equipment and furniture is ancient. Something out of the 70's.
Utter disgrace...many unprofessional people work for this company. They hire the first in so they dont get bogged down with interviews and doing their job properly.
Promotion by attrition.
Brains go unrewarded.
9 years in the same role...opportunities extremely limited.
A multinational run like a corner store..decisions made on the run and zero planning for the future at any level.

Advice to Senior Management – Get rid of the top layers (big $$$ little input) and give some respect to employees.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at Intertek full-time for more than 7 years

Pros – overtime, car allowance and small friendly team

Cons – work overload, no back up, irregular life

Advice to Senior Management – invest staff more with training, promoption and work life balance

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at Intertek

Pros – Stable, fine working condition, friendly colleagues

Cons – Fairly performance assessment, motivate, trust

Current Employee – been working at Intertek full-time for less than a year

Pros – They offer flexible hours, fair pay, and good benefits. Many experienced co-workers are around to help new hires get acquainted with their new job. Personal growth is encouraged.

Cons – Individual labs are very different especially ones that have been acquired. This can cause problems with everything being done up to certain standards. Somewhat lacking in necessary equipment.

Current Employee – been working at Intertek full-time for more than 10 years

Pros – ->High Compensation
->Profitable Company
->Publicly traded
->Benefits such as paid time off and medical

Cons – ->Worked to death (company expects you to work more than 40 hours per week)
->Company cares more about the revenue then the customer
->Employee morale at an all time low
->Incompetent management team all the way from top down with no prospective for long-term. Only short term objectives, get to the goal at no cost.
->Massive exodus of senior employees, many new hires with no experience
->Opportunities to grow are good due to the mass exodus, however, these perceived promotions basically come with more responsibility (work load) with no increase in pay

Advice to Senior Management – Sr. Management team need to be reviewed for their qualifications and leadership abilities. Why do you think everyone around you is leaving? Employee morale is low, client satisfaction is low. Why not have your employees assess you, so the Executive Management team such as the President & CEO can see what kind of joke you really are?

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend – I'm not optimistic about the outlook for this company

Former Employee – worked at Intertek full-time for more than 3 years

Pros – Excellent global communication with knowledgeable technical colleagues. Good international reputation. Fairly good equipment and training.

Cons – Local management was able to isolate itself from the global organization leading to diminished reputation and loss of local and regional work. Nepotism and cronyism evident at least in the Southern European region with uneducated, unqualified, inexperienced persons in management positions.

Advice to Senior Management – Listen to employees' and major clients' suggestions when considering replacing or retaining local managers protected by regional directors.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at Intertek as a contractor for more than 3 years

Pros – Reasonable contracts, willing to negotiate terms, and provides reimbursement of expenses.

Cons – Many chiefs and few Indians-be detailed about whom you interact with and why.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at Intertek as a contractor for less than a year

Pros – Pleasant atmosphere, quality coworkers, complimentary kitchen facilities, on task working.

Cons – Inconsistent work supply, lower chance of becoming permanent.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at Intertek full-time for more than a year

Pros – Great opportunity for growth. Quickly growing and expanding company. Profitable company.

Cons – Has some growing pains that they are going through but there is some great management working through all this.

Advice to Senior Management – Keep moving forward with plans to improve and develop talent within.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company