Schneider Electric Reviews

I have been working at Schneider Electric full-time for more than 3 years

Pros – SE Brisbane office:
Work life balance
SE takes care of employees
Provide Employee Training
Career Development

Cons – Worked in SE for 4 years, depends on which department you work in. First 2 years at SE was fantastic. Moved to Projects and Services team. where some engineers have been working the same team for 10 to 15 years. Constantly criticize new team members work, does not like new ideas and totally uncooperative. Manager supports senior engineer behavior, which has caused several new team members to move on or quit jobs.

I had very good experience in one team and very bad experience due to few people, does not mean that SE is bad, thus the rating is high. My rating for second team in 2 stars.

Advice to Senior Management – SE is a great company. Please please keep an eye on managers with no interpersonal skills and move them to other roles, in what they are good at. Great leaders do not tolerate bad behavior, even though employee is smart and high performing employee. Great leaders throw the bad apples away and build better working culture

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

I have been working at Schneider Electric full-time for more than a year

Pros – Multinational company, Leader in its industry, flexible working time

Cons – The development strategy of the company is based on acquisitions but, once the new company is on board, the integration is not managed, with redundant managers and overlapping responsibilities.
Lack of clear long-term plans, sloppy management, too many procedures that make working there too slow and not effective at all
Too much politics with only a few decision makers: ridiculous number of meetings without any outcome.

Advice to Senior Management – Work!

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm not optimistic about the outlook for this company

I worked at Schneider Electric full-time for more than 7 years

Pros – Very strong systems and processes.

Cons – Inflexible systems and processes that get in the way of achieving the ideal result. Very difficult to make your customers happy.

Advice to Senior Management – Give greater local control to allow the local management to choose the best tools and processes for the specific local market conditions. Processes and tools developed in isolation in Paris do not always translate well to other countries, particularly those non-European countries.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

I have been working at Schneider Electric full-time for more than 7 years

Pros – International opportunities, multiple business units. Great opportunities for career growth and variety. In many very high-growth and high-tech areas, such as energy management and optimization, smart grid, building management, white space management, critical infrastructure.

Cons – Business units are not well co-ordinated, due to growth by acquisition. The US organization is dominated by the outdated culture that was Square D, but that is changing rapidly in a positive way.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

I have been working at Schneider Electric full-time for more than a year

Pros – Good visibility,recognition,open to use new tools,work-life balance

Cons – Compulsory formal attire,location,office space,meeting rooms,pricey food

Advice to Senior Management – A better location(i think its in progress)

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

I worked at Schneider Electric full-time for more than 10 years

Pros – - smart people
- great development opportunities
- progressive organization
- great leadership
- fast paced working environment
- global exposure

Cons – - salaries around 50 percentile
- slow integration of acquisitions
- US - conservative organization

Advice to Senior Management – - no compromise on quality: values, competencies, development, products, services, R&D, etc.

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

I worked at Schneider Electric full-time for more than a year

Pros – - International
- Access to all hierarchy
- growth opportunities
- treat well employees

Cons – - Even if it is becoming very international, it is still based on French cultural standards
- It lacks leadership practices to keep high profile employees motivated

Advice to Senior Management – - focus ( two many priorities in conflict with your ideal values)
- consistency with values and global strategy

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

I worked at Schneider Electric as an intern for less than a year

Pros – friendly coworkers, willing to teach interns and get interns involved

Cons – no internship program open to non technical students

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

I worked at Schneider Electric

Pros – Great culture, and benefits. Friendly atmosphere.

Cons – Location to main city, not much room for movement within the company

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

I have been working at Schneider Electric full-time

Pros – Flexible working hour, work & family life balance , friendly environment, less office politic, chances for overseas travel, company shares at discounted price program

Cons – Small rate of increment, less training/people development, too many procedure & slow progress/response. It's french company so don't be surprised somebody become your manager even though less experience than you.
In overall if you already rich you will like to work in here.

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