Terrible Leadership - Losing Clients and Profits - Staff Engineer UL Solutions Employee Review

1.0
16 July 2014
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Good engineers who have a mindset to help people. Nice cafeteria food.

Cons

Junior management does not back up staff on decisions. Senior management has been destroying the company and the mission by promoting laziness, bad behavior, poor performance, and chasing clients away. Half of the executive staff including the president are not even there for most of the year. Where are they? They don't even come down from the 3rd floor to talk to people. Standards are written poorly and vaguely, thus the competitors end up taking advantages of any loopholes. PDEs take too long to act on critical decisions. Overpaid executives and managers grow the overhead to astronomical proportions. This makes it impossible to compete with other companies.

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Great work life balance and team.

Cons

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Pros

UL solution was my first office job and engineering experience. It did not disappoint, and got me excited for my future, The HR and hiring team were all so nice and helpful throughout my internship. My managers were helpful, patient, and understanding when I had a family emergency near the end of my internship that forced me to leave the country temporary. The internship showed the various departments in the company, not just the one we had applied for. Would definitely recommend anyone to apply for them.

Cons

UL solutions is focused in certifications and safety, so if you are expecting projects involving development and design this is not the place, We had to do a breakdown on products and perform tests to ensure it meets standards of safety.

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