High turnover, very poor leadership, morale is horrible - A Business Line Employee SGS Employee Review

1.0
10 Nov 2019
Recommend
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Pros

A few nice people left Good location in Mississauga for head office of Canada. Large internatational co.

Cons

Very poor upper management leadership in the functions in Canada and some of the business lines. MGT in the US doesn't care either unfortunately as CDN ops are treated as the ugly step child Very poor employee engagement Some employees are literally quitting without even giving 2 weeks notice they are so fed up Horrible work life balance-eg..the finance team has to work long unpaid hours including weekends and all stat holidays which is ridiculous...we feel bad for them Other business lines are the same and employees are counting the minutes to getting out and getting good work life balance with good pay Very high turnover either via quitting or getting fired All about cost costing Pay is within lowest quartile in the industry No salary increases for most Cost cutting constantly while the work is piled on. More with less. No growth opportunities Mgt gets their annual salary increases and bonuses while the rest of us who do all the work get nothing

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5.0
12 Feb 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Very stable. Really nice people. Management is super nice. I recommend as a place you can build a career. Work / life balance is good too.

Cons

I would say the lower salary but benefits are great.

4.0
29 May 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Lots of learning opportunities. Hands on experience with lots of methods Variety of materials to work with

Cons

Relatively limited growth scope. Lower than average salary

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