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Friendly Coworkers, Bad Management

Fire Alarm Engineer
Former Employee
Worked at Siemens for 1 year
October 17, 2016
Salt Lake City, Utah
2.0
Doesn't RecommendNeutral Outlook
Pros

Some people are very friendly. Some people have been around a long time and are very knowledgeable. Compensation was fair.

Cons

Management has no clue what is going on with the employees, not the work, but the people.

Morale is very low amongst employees at every level.

Understaffed and overworked in most departments. I was hired for a position that there wasn't enough work to support. I sought out working to help other departments that were way overworked. I did this proactively, on my own, with no help or suggestions from management. Positions were posted for the departments I was helping; I applied and interviewed, and then all the positions were cancelled. My position was then eliminated as well. Positions were posted a couple of months later for the departments I was helping. I won't return to a company that established this kind of working relationship with their employees in the short nine months I was there.

Advice to Management

Get more involved with how your employees are doing, not just what they are doing.

It could be more cost-effective to address internal issues than it would be to train new employees after the experienced ones leave.

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