Siemens Energy Reviews

Pros

Management fair go spirit and they always strive for employee benefits and delivers wide opportunities for employees to explore the skills

Cons

As far as i was concerned the employee performance was not taken in to account genuinely for increments and promotions

Pros

excellent opportunities available. as an intern you are treated very well, in fact treated like a flexible part time employee, and are given assignment and even travel. I;ve worked from home many times when i felt like it and my manger was OK with it, as long as i did my work

Cons

if you have the wrong manager, you may suffer, as they sometimes are either too old school and not flexible on assignments.

Pros

Everyone is very open, and willing to teach you what ever is necessary for your success.

Cons

It is hard even within the company to move in between divisions.

Pros

Interesting work. The staff is generally very friendly. Quiet work atmosphere and in a nice location next to a public park.

Cons

Many employees have been there 20 plus years which tends to mean they are set in their ways. Management doesn't know anything about software development.

Pros

Employe is well considered and taken care

Cons

Strong German philosophy can be seen

Advice to Senior Management

mobility

Pros

-Hands on, exciting & challenging work
-Helpful & experienced colleagues
-Productive & engaging work environment
-Opportunity to work on brand new technology

Cons

-Mediocre cafeteria
-Far from central Berlin
-Old facilities
-Not all employees are equally motivated
-Internal inefficiencies can be frustrating
-Very bureaucratic

Advice to Senior Management

Please put more effort in explaining upper management strategies to lower level employees because they often feel left out of the loop.

Pros

I've been with this company since I graduated college. There are a lot of great things about this company. All new hires get 3 weeks vacation when they start, dollar for dollar matching of 401k contributions up to 7% (I think). The culture is much different than other companies - it is much more relaxed and laid back (this can be good and bad). There are lots of opportunities internally that allow for movement between organizations.

Cons

Management fosters a culture of "siloed" groups and organizations. The fragmentation between Germany and the US is very apparent. Often times, there is little cooperation to no cooperation between groups - it seems they only look out for themselves, which is a shame. Management doesn't set the tone to change this. For the 10 years that I have been with the company, it has always been this way.

They recently changed their compensation structure within the past few years. In order to get promoted from within your group, the promotion money comes out of the overall merit pot for the group - which means that if you are promoted, all others in the group will have a lower merit increase for the year. This and the fact that the merit "pot" for the past few years has only been around 3% is beginning to cause folks to believe that there is a have vs have-not attitude towards the company. This is especially true when we as employees see emails from the division CEO telling us that we've meet or beat our financial targets every year, for the past 5 years.

Vertical movement is a challenge. There are a large group of individuals that came over from Pratt & Whitney a while back. You'll notice that quite a few of these individuals are the ones in management positions. It almost feels (and you hear this quite a bit from a lot of people) that if you did not come from Pratt, and are not part of the "good ol' boy's club" that you have virtually no chance for vertical movement in some groups / organizations.

Since the company is a German company, there are a lot of challenges when working with anyone from Germany. Beware of this - Germans have a much different work ethic than we do here in the US.

Advice to Senior Management

Senior management must change the merit and salary structure. The recent EOS demonstrates that the employees are not happy with their compensation. Money for promotions must come from outside the merit pot. Employees that get promotions must be given a fair raise - this is especially true now that the salary bands have increased 15%! Getting a promotion for 10% will in most cases NOT put you in the target market range for that salary level. This makes it virtually impossible to ever be fairly compensated based on the market rates! Shame on the company for doing this.

Pros

People are amazing and the general tone of the workplace is aligned with peiple first, business second. Great peer environment, supportive and cordial. One of the worlds largest companies, opportunities to move anywhere for any industry unkike any other company due to its size

Cons

Company is highly fragmented. No formal development programs or real interaction with other parts of Siemens except for your immediate division. Very much a group of seperate companies under one brand name. Did not really feel like it was hard work, in a bad way

Advice to Senior Management

Integrate the company; increase knowledge sharing and skills among divisions to take advantage of synergies in similar work

Pros

Lot of diversity and work challenges

Cons

It is a big company

Advice to Senior Management

None

Pros

Management is respectful of employees. Salaries are competetive. Open communciation is encouraged.

Cons

It is a huge company. There are many global management systems. Bureaucracy can be frustrating.