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glass ceiling - Team Leader Schaefer Systems Employee Review

3.0
3 Sept 2024
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

resident teams are good blokes to work with. some managers are good but seemed to be constrained by upper management. pay is ok, its right on market value. once you get good at your role its a pretty good and easy place to work. place used to be terrible to work for with micromanagement and things held against you for years until a particular manager was made redundant now its a million times better. at my level work life balance is great but managers have big expectations on them.

Cons

Global company so governed by overseas interests. No progression due to overseas hires or external fresh hires. good positions come up and seem to be already filled before you hear about them leaving you frustrated. no company benefits apart from bbq's.

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5.0
13 Nov 2025
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Awesome work life balance here

Cons

Low Total compensation and benefits

3.0
25 Apr 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Stable business model, lots of freedom to explore technology! It's a big place and not allot of people, you can have an impact.

Cons

Poor communication externally and internally. Lack of growth opportunities, likely due to off-shored development to countries with lower cost of living. Lean team size means If you can't fix a problem you can ask about one person before your completely screwed and have to wait hours for a solution from a random dev in a different timezone who may be unfamiliar with your building. Anytime we need the SIMPLEST code change it's a years long process. Instead of paying a dev to come to the site they want you to become an expert on what change they are making so devs from random countries can ask you what a conveyor or screen is doing. This process is painful, slow, unreliable, and expensive for the customer. You will have to learn for yourself. Only a handful of people know what's going on and they are too busy to answer questions or act as mentors.

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