Surrey Satellite Technology Reviews
Updated Jun 16, 2022
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Top Review Highlights by Sentiment
- "Many of the management team have been there a long time and it always felt like there was an inner clique I was never part of and couldn't break into" (in 2 reviews)
- Former Employee, more than 5 years★★★★★
Pros
Very good people to work with. Entire lifecycle involvement is encouraged.
Cons
Sketchy leadership team management commitment and leadership skills. Airbus executives are bringing new discipline but losing much of Surrey in the process.
- Current Employee, less than 1 year★★★★★
Pros
You will never be bored here
Cons
no downsides as long as you are passionate about the work
- Former Employee★★★★★
Pros
Good management, interesting work, positive working atmosphere
Cons
No negative experiences. All good.
- Current Employee★★★★★
Pros
Nice people, nice offices, generous holiday package
Cons
Decisions can take long time to happen
- Current Employee★★★★★
Friendly company with a great track record in the space industry
RecommendCEO ApprovalBusiness OutlookPros
Good development opportunities - it’s a small company with plenty of work, so everyone gets asked to take on responsibilities. Very friendly atmosphere.
Cons
High pressure working to deadlines - pretty typical for the space industry, but it can get very stressful.
- Former Employee, more than 5 years★★★★★
Pros
Interesting projects, what you do is going to be in space. Good atmosphere and great coleagues, very skilled engineers to learn from. Holiday entitlement and flexi time.
Cons
Disconnection between BDS (Bussines, Development and Sales) and engineering, which makes them to sign projects with unrealistic deadlines or technically impossible. Engineers had to face the customer and deal with the issues created by BDS, whom are totally unaccountable. Mid to upper level management quite useless in general, and too many layers of them. Salaries could be better, not all as per the market as the HR director used to claim.
Continue reading - Current Employee, more than 10 years★★★★★
Pros
One of the few places you can work on exciting space mission projects in the UK. A small/medium company where your contribution is important and highly visible, cradle to grave in a wide range of engineering disciplines. Fantastic engineering staff from all over the world. Exciting especially when a satellite is launched!
Cons
Engineering leadership is consistently poor and the strategy vague. Had had repeated and disruptive internal reorganisations for no benefit. Outdated engineering work practices while actively resisting trying out any kind of change to modernize (eg modern practices such as lean and agile). Highly chaotic and reactionary working environment because of these reasons. The current CEO is almost completely invisible.
Continue reading - Current Employee, more than 3 years★★★★★
Pros
Good terms and conditions, friendly company.
Cons
Unrealistic timescales on every project
Continue reading - Current Employee, more than 8 years★★★★★
Pros
Relaxed environment and good holidays
Cons
Poor promotion prospects and salary
Continue reading - Current Employee, more than 3 years★★★★★
Pros
Employee Benefits, Working conditions, flexible working hours.
Cons
I don’t have any Cons
Surrey Satellite Technology Reviews FAQs
Surrey Satellite Technology has an overall rating of 3.9 out of 5, based on over 48 reviews left anonymously by employees. 79% of employees would recommend working at Surrey Satellite Technology to a friend and 68% have a positive outlook for the business. This rating has improved by 6% over the last 12 months.
79% of Surrey Satellite Technology employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews. Employees also rated Surrey Satellite Technology 3.9 out of 5 for work life balance, 4.2 for culture and values and 3.4 for career opportunities.
According to reviews on Glassdoor, employees commonly mention the pros of working at Surrey Satellite Technology to be career development, coworkers, benefits and the cons to be culture, senior leadership, management.
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