Atlas Copco Reviews

Pros

This company gives you ample oppertunities to learn and elplore your capabilities. It gives you freedom to work in your style. It is one of those companies, where one would like to work for a longer period.

Cons

It only hires people from core engineering back ground.

Pros

Professional working place. Nice co-workers. Very good benefit plans.

Cons

Lower salaries than the avarage. lack of good communication.

Pros

Exciting industry to be in and great location near the beach.

Cons

Need for culture change to strive for operational excellence.

Advice to Senior Management

Stay the course.

Pros

freedom to make misstakes. flexible workhrs.

Cons

its slow. slow to change slow to make descisions.
pay is ok, but inflexible.

Advice to Senior Management

woudl be good to have more consideration of the whole flow, not just capital sales. Communication could be better within company

Pros

It was a nice place to work as far as beneifits and my fellow slaves were Ok to work with.

Cons

Upper management in the home office needs to take a closer look at the supervisors and office managers that put in charge in these remote offices. Alot of favortism is played by the office manager in Reading. Lies to cover her butt. Will not take respsonsibility to address a situation that is happening in the office.

Advice to Senior Management

Management should be fair and open minded when there is an issue. Especially when a salesman lies about you and does not do his job and admits that he will make your life hell. Even customers complained about this salesman and I was told to "fix it". When an employee comes to you with proof and issues, do not dismiss the employee who is trying to communicate with you. After 12 years of employment with Atlas Copco, I was thrown out because the Reading office manager did not like me being honest about the salesman and his games. She knew it, but since she is personal friends with him I got canned, And upper management in Rock Hill would not listen or talk to me.

Pros

hands on, Operational, flexibility, wide experince

Cons

time to take decisions, lack of resources

Advice to Senior Management

delaget more decision making powers

Pros

good work/life balance
3 weeks vacation in first year and a personal holiday
good benefits
global company with lots of opportunities to move around
80% of managers recruited from within

Cons

low to average pay
small (1-3%) across the board yearly raises
small bonuses if given at all
lots of "older" been there forever employees who fear change

Advice to Senior Management

Stop wasting so much money on constantly changing projects and give the employees real raises and bonuses.

Pros

Good company with a lot of history.Good products that have a good reputation.

Cons

Bad management at high level. Only "friends" are "liked" and promoted.

Advice to Senior Management

Change some managers

Pros

Killer benefits pkg, lots of overtime if desired, high percentage of good coworkers

Cons

management thinks your life revoloves around work, they give you a Blackberry and laptop then expect you to work while at home and on vacation, don't like to promote without being someone's lackey

Advice to Senior Management

stop thinking sales is number one and everything else falls to wayside, watch out for salesforce they are screwing company for almighty sales

Pros

Most importantly I love people that I work with. They are very nice and we have a lot of fun together. People are very polite, respectful and the company has a very relaxing atmosphere. I discovered that I love working for a Swedish company. The work and life balance is quite good. People are able to take time off or longer lunch when needed for personal needs, exercising, or even shopping. Many coworkers are very into sports, running, tennis, etc. The company promotes the healthy lifestyle for sure. It is also great to work for such a big and international company because one is able to relocate to another country, if wanted. Some positions give opportunity to travel to another countries. It is also nice to work with people from all over the world. The company is quite international even in the Swedish headquarters. Actually, in the headquarters, it is common to hear English in hallways and elevators. Oh and the best part is fikas, of course! Or in English, the coffee breaks with a dessert!

Cons

I don't really have many complaints besides general ones to the Swedish society as a whole. Swedes can be quite reserved sometimes. The feedback is not always given and the promotions are not that clear. But salaries are competitive to what other companies offer, so I cannot complain about that. Perhaps I am a bit disappointed with the food served in the company's newly opened restaurant/buffet. It could be better. The good part is that eating with the rest of headquarters you can get to meet basically anyone, even CFO.

Advice to Senior Management

Continue doing what you are doing. It works!