Atos Reviews

Pros

got to learn a lot of stuff, ideal for new graduates.

Cons

The pay was not great, and I never got a pay raise in more than 18 months.

Advice to Senior Management

I think turn over cost a lot and you guys might want to think twice when it comes to raise a pretty low salary.

Pros

process well defined and well followed. Oppotunity to work in different modules

Cons

fire fighting mode of workin

Advice to Senior Management

good planning. Also there should be straight and seemless communication

Pros

In general you have a fine group of colleagues. The company has an interesting history, going back to BSO and Philips in The Netherlands and Atos in France. That resulted in a very specific culture.

Cons

Strong steering from France, but also very powerful country-organizations. Very difficult to leverage on the international scale. Lately, the strategy has become unclear and the company lost its focus on its employees.

Advice to Senior Management

Look outside, not inside. Make Atos the best company to work for, like it once was, in the Origin days.

Pros

Good culture for IT development

Cons

Bad management that needs to improve big time

Advice to Senior Management

need to diversify and be open to employees

Pros

Freedom of acting
Nice colleagues, intelligent & fun to work with

Cons

Dissatifiyng quality of management
Too much influnce of French owners

Advice to Senior Management

Listen to your staff

Pros

There are opportunites now that the company has acquired Siemen's IT Solutions.

Cons

The rate of compensation is lower than other organizations.

Advice to Senior Management

Offer a better compensation package for hourly workers.

Pros

-It's an organisation that hasn't stopped growing in recent years
-Plenty of work to do especially with the aquisition of Siemens
-New roles for those that wish to progress through the ranks
-Flexible in terms of location (various offices in the UK)
-Pay is good when compared with the general market out there.

Cons

-Managers & Team Leaders seem to be struggling with their workloads and not able to give any quality time (objectives, feedback, coaching etc) for their employee's, feeling very distant

-Some staff take advantage of too much red-tape and politics to hide behind to attempt to do as little work as possible. There is a lack of responsibility and ownership that is worrying

-You can struggle with the work-life balance if your not careful

-Quick fix attitude instead of the long-term stragetic view

-Understaffed in various delivery lines

Advice to Senior Management

Listen to your employee's more often, get rid of the dead-wood, hold on to the good and recruit the right type of staff.

Pros

You get the opportunity to work in a global company with the high standard methodology and excellent environment as well as to work with many professionals.

Cons

A very big company provide complex processes and there are a lot of changes during the year. This could be the cause to waste time to study the new processes all the time.

Advice to Senior Management

It is good to provide the importance to employees' life quality. Please consider about the bigger increment of salary and incentive ;).

Pros

There are much opportunities to meet differentIT subject matter experts. Working in an International context provides substantial option for knowledge sharing.

Cons

Majority of their customer base is in public sector. Would prefer to work more in industrial environment and to be exposed to engineering projects

Advice to Senior Management

Provide clear and effective development paths.
Next to delivering services (measured through utility rate) ensure there is project management capability.

Pros

It is a good experience for a student. It is important to have a good intern when you are at school.

Cons

Less communication with other department, and not much improvements for students. Because the word for intern students are very basic.

Advice to Senior Management

It is a nice place to have a internship. The people are very friendly. But can not learn some new stuff.