Not all sunshine and daisies - Project Engineer Schneider Electric Employee Review

1.0
Sep 29, 2017
Recommend
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Pros

Great people, when you start you get a phone and a laptop. Food is cheap and subsidised. Travel to other sites covered. Good benefits portals for cheap cinema tickets, gift cards etc. Promotions very rare I worked with someone who got more and more work for 6 years with only 2 1% payrises and no promotions.

Cons

I worked in London and it cost a fortune everyday, people sit in sections and ignore each other. Management quick to delegate jobs they are being paid to do to you who isn't. Pay doesn't match what you do and 1% pay rise every year (IF youre lucky!!!) Lots of data entry, they take all the engineers and turn them into sales men. If you don't want to do sales you sit in an office making PowerPoints and dealing with all the back office stuff they don't want the sales guys to do. Sales team go out and see customers, and then pass all the paperwork backwards. You can never ever get hold of anyone on another site. And all the systems!!! The computer systems don't work or work with each other - very frustrating! Everything seems great on social media but you realise very quickly youre a data entry monkey while the VPs jet set around wining and dining customers. Lots of internal bitchiness.

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5.0
Jun 10, 2026
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Pros

Strong exposure to complex, high-value technical projects with cross-functional coordination across engineering, vendors, and clients. Opportunities to lead end-to-end project execution, from planning through commissioning and testing. High level of ownership and visibility, with meaningful impact on critical infrastructure and system integration.

Cons

High workload and competing priorities across multiple projects can create scheduling pressure. Coordination across multiple stakeholders and dependencies can lead to delays outside of direct control. Some processes and tools could be more standardized to improve efficiency and reduce rework.

2.0
Jun 3, 2026
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Pros

- Decent pay and good benefits - work truck with gas card -good experience

Cons

- management is disconnected from field employees - review process does not reflect employee performance since managers do not go out in field in order to properly assess job performance - poor communication which leads to chaotic project implementation - no standardization of necessary info for each customer site. You walk in completely blind each time you visit a customer you’ve never been to - safety is important, but corporate pushes redundant messaging so frequently i believe it has the opposite of the intended effect - forced to wear long sleeves FR shirts in hot weather even when you are not exposed to fire hazards any more than a standard office employee

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