SGN Reviews

Pros

# Pension, # over time # lots of training for field staff # good apprenticeship scheme

Cons

Senior management always interfering, no real career progression, big difference in payscales between D & C business for doing the same job

Advice to Management

Let your managers manage

Pros

Good prospects, Good stability, Good benefits, good training programme - room to progress

Cons

Can be a who you know not what you know when it comes to promotions etc

Pros

People- Take pride in work but under continual stress due to many experienced staff leaving and no direction from management

Cons

Bullying /fear culture. Lack of leadership. Will not invest in any initiatives that cost money and only interested in immediate returns.

Advice to Management

Recruit some experienced staff

Pros

Good people at the job

Cons

Lots of work to do

Pros

not a lot...just for holding a paying job

Cons

A lot, from Management to structure of the company. A lot of nepotism and favoritism. Complete disregard of staff.

Pros

Great work ethic in relation to safety. Generally management is good and training is being provided to ensure management skills are improved. If you are a hard worker SGN will invest in you and you can have a variety of opportunities to follow and create a great long-term career.

Cons

As with a lot of companies, management often should listen more to input from the workers as we all have good ideas and a voices. Although this seems to be improving and hopefully will continue to.

Advice to Management

Listen to your staff- we all care and want the company to do well. It is a benefit for all.

Pros

there is lots of support and knowledge available to help you if you ask. the company really looks after its most valuable assets (the staff) and senior management are approachable.

Cons

The IT systems are still in need of bringing in line with other organisations, they are slow and very dated, I know changes have been made and since O365 has been rolled out things are looking on the up but still a long way to go.

Advice to Management

harvest as much information as you can from all the 'old school' employees, you have a massive amount of knowledge and skills walking out the door on a daily basis when they retire but nobody is harvesting and documenting that knowledge

Pros

The people I work alongside make my day, we help one another and there is always someone you can ask. The work itself is a challenge and I like a challenge. I have been with SGN for just a short while (a year and a half) and I can honestly say that SGN have given me more than I expected. I am always hungry to learn and they have recognised this and 'fed me' and for this I will always be grateful.

Cons

Sometimes people can feel overlooked, it's a big company and you can feel as though nobody has noticed how hard you have worked everyday, a lot of good people do a good job on a daily basis.

Advice to Management

Look after the 'little people' sometimes just a well done is enough to make someones day and keep them on the track to success.