Syngenta Reviews

Pros

An exciting science based company which is growing. .

Cons

Syngenta's history of many legacy companies (Ceiba-Geigy, Novartis etc) means that there is sometimes issues around internal processes, although there are many projects ongoing to improve these processes.

Advice to Senior Management

More women in senior management!

Pros

Great professional learning and growing environment; exciting company with good prospects; conducive atmosphere and good internal infrastructure

Cons

Organisation and responsibilities not that clear; leadership not very strong although professionally very competent; need to build your own way forward

Advice to Senior Management

Communicate more clearly and regularly to employees at all levels; encourage every level of manager to communicate more

Pros

Very nice people to work with.
Very accomodating to your life and needs.
Interesting work.

Cons

Was left out of the loop on many things, had to find information on my own with some detective work.
Communication from regional management was not that good...it was one way communication top down.
A lot of chaos took place when converting systems...and then postponement.
Expect people to work at location that will close. Poor morale.

Advice to Senior Management

Include everyone in communication process making it 2-way.
Set realistic expectations and deadlines in projects.
Don't expect high morale from people with no chance at remaining employed long term.

Pros

global growing company, with presence in many markets, good job opportunities, and learning opportunities, the complete value chain cycle in this company, so there is high probability to work in the area of your interest

Cons

young company lacking structure, going through organisational changes and restructuralisation, sometimes not clear functional and organisational reporting responsibilies, and difficult communication with the management

Advice to Senior Management

focus on talent management and retaining good and qualified people.review the org structure and th erole and ensure that everybody has clear job description

Pros

benefits are great ang good

Cons

work offices are warm and fancy

Advice to Senior Management

get some help with protecting private information

Pros

Good Employee Benefits
Decent Pay
Good Perks
Good Communication between employees
Safe

Cons

Some resistance to move up in the company

Advice to Senior Management

none

Pros

Passion of Syngenta is 'feeding the world" In general people all belive in the importance and impact of their work. There are parts of the organization very dedicated to pursuit of science advancement. Syngenta won a best place to work in science nod in Science magazine this year.

Cons

Very limited opportunities for advancement and very little emphasis on employee development. There is a belief that people believe so much in the 'cause' that there is no need to fully engage all employees that do not want purely technical advancement.

Advice to Senior Management

Recognize the demographics of the company and place more emphasis on retention and career growth of the current employees. Ask the hard questions and enter the debates with various business units to gain awareness.

Pros

product line, pipeline, solid financial performance

Cons

Tremendous workload - do more with less. Senior management lack of respect for sales force

Advice to Senior Management

Don't loose touch with grower, channel, or sales force. People do business with those that they like & trust