Declining workforce and expertise reflect company's troubled future - Process Engineer Denel SOC Employee Review

1.0
29 June 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Work with excellent defence equipment. SA had some of the best in the world, 30 years ago. I reported briefly to one of the people who was involved in making the 6 nuclear bombs SA had. The US CIA was never quite sure, and didn't know where the bombs were manufactured and hidden. All this was done on a thin budget, with bits of knowledge acquired from across the world and further developed here in South Africa.

Cons

It is no surprise that Denel, decades ago a technical behemoth, now have only 96 engineers and scientists in a workforce of 1,600 employees. Detailed reports are secret, but Denel had "thousands" in the 1990s, in a workforce of 15,000.

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4.0
17 May 2024
Recommend
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Pros

High performance environment with lots of challenges for growth

Cons

Long hours and tight deadlines

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