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    Sasol Reviews

    Updated 4 March 2019
    137 reviews

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    Pros

    • "Fantastic workplace with good work life balance" (in 11 reviews)

    • "Good pay, exciting to be on the plant" (in 8 reviews)

    Cons

    • "Lots of red tape, many many meetings upon meetings" (in 5 reviews)

    • "Uncertain growth opportunities for the company in the Energy sector" (in 4 reviews)

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    1. "Senior Mechanical Engineer"

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      • Culture & Values
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      • Comp & Benefits
      • Senior Management
      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee in Perth, Western Australia
      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee in Perth, Western Australia
      Disapproves of CEO

      I worked at Sasol full-time

      Pros

      Excellence in Engineering and Project Execution phases

      Cons

      No real show stoppers to report

      Advice to Management

      Sasol have good Managers. Top heavy in Projects sometimes

    2. "Great community"

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      • Senior Management
      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee

      Pros

      Strong sense of family values, Great health benefits, in the long run there is an opportunity to learn a lot and make a real difference.

      Cons

      Compliance driver, undergoing change in management structure creates uncertainty and job role confession.

      Advice to Management

      Don't forget to develop leaders people skills, it is the only way coaching will be successful.

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    3. "IT Specialist"

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      • Senior Management
      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee in Rosebank
      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee in Rosebank
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      No opinion of CEO

      Pros

      Good remuneration and benefits; challenging environment good for growth and good support for studies

      Cons

      Not really...just the management that can frustrating. They think they own the company and your life

      Advice to Management

      Humble yourselves and stop with discrimination and putting people in boxes.

    4. "Welding Specialist/Project co-ordinatot"

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      Current Employee - Welding Specialist in Secunda (South Africa)
      Current Employee - Welding Specialist in Secunda (South Africa)
      Recommends
      Neutral Outlook
      No opinion of CEO

      I have been working at Sasol full-time (More than 10 years)

      Pros

      A Good stable company with good values and goals. Opportunities to grow and better yourself exists for many of the employees

      Cons

      It is a very Big company and does not always attend to every individual as one would expect. BBE is forcing the company to loose many experienced people.

      Advice to Management

      None

    5. "Electrical Foreman"

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      • Senior Management
      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Neutral Outlook
      No opinion of CEO

      I have been working at Sasol full-time

      Pros

      Good work conditions, wide variety of equipment. Exposure towards many strategies and processes

      Cons

      In South Africa the companies must comply to BBBE standards

    6. "Good career starting point for Junior Engineers"

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      • Senior Management
      Former Employee - Chemical Process Engineer in Secunda (South Africa)
      Former Employee - Chemical Process Engineer in Secunda (South Africa)
      No opinion of CEO

      I worked at Sasol full-time (More than 3 years)

      Pros

      - Well-rounded graduate development program for junior engineers starting at Sasol

      Cons

      - Managerial structure continuously changed in my four years there
      - Locations for engineering roles are generally in 'small towns'

    7. "Lack of Direction"

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      Former Employee - Process Engineer in Johannesburg (South Africa)
      Former Employee - Process Engineer in Johannesburg (South Africa)
      Doesn't Recommend
      Negative Outlook
      Disapproves of CEO

      I worked at Sasol full-time (More than 8 years)

      Pros

      Work with some of the brightest minds in the country
      Company pays well and provides good bonuses

      Cons

      No direction, No leadership
      Bad decision making (Canada and USA projects to name a few)
      Keeps restructuring - they don't know what they are doing
      Sasol are the biggest polluters on this earth - horrible CTL technology

      Advice to Management

      Be more diverse in your thinking
      Sasol has been making money with their eyes closed, do something better with it

    8. "Customer Service Specialist"

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      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee in Houston, TX (US)
      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee in Houston, TX (US)
      Recommends

      Pros

      Great company overall! Good people, beautiful
      Facility.

      Cons

      None to report at this time.

    9. "Senior Reliability Engineer"

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      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook

      I have been working at Sasol full-time

      Pros

      I have more than 10 years experience in Maintenance Engineering and Reliability Engineering

      Cons

      Attending lots of morning meeting

      Advice to Management

      Good company to develop your career

    10. "complex, unique and challenging operations"

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      Current Employee - Manager in Secunda (South Africa)
      Current Employee - Manager in Secunda (South Africa)
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      I have been working at Sasol full-time (More than 10 years)

      Pros

      World class complex, unique and challenging operations - a heaven for a process engineer if you are willing to roll your sleeves up and get close to the operations. You will get dirty in the process. Secunda Operations is the world’s second largest chemical plant. The town will not detract you for your professional interests; quiet and unassuming - good place to rise a family. The company actively supports the municipality raising the town standard above SA average. Sasol is a world of its own and offers a variety of career opportunities, it may become more difficult to switch as you climb the higher rungs of the career ladder.

      Cons

      The focus of Secunda is on operations and optimisation, not much of design work here. Single employer town, may be problematic when need to change the job arises.

      Advice to Management

      Sasol is known for solving problems with brute force - simply working harder - let us try to be smart from time to time. This could include being judicious with change - you will not get bored here.