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Leadership Issues - Only Revenue Driven - Sales Smiths Detection Employee Review

2.0
1 Mar 2022
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

I can only think of competitive salary being offered.

Cons

- No systems in place at all and there was no mention of any plan to implement something in near future - poor vision in today's digital age. - Management is more like an operations manager who just follow instructions from Global leadership team and execute it. I think they do not understand that Australian market is very different to rest of the world. - Revenue driven business with no focus on employee development and retention. Management will discuss about $1,500 revenue for 10 minutes with 20 people on call. Commercially company looses over $1,500 in efficiency but it doesn't matter since it is non-tangible. - Lack of trust by management. In my previous experience if a pricing approval goes to highest level, discussion was only around what margin to bid as they trust at that level estimation is correct. At Smiths if a pricing decision goes for approval, Management would like you to take him through and explain the entire costing (including formulas) to ensure it is done correct. They have time for this but no time to take your phone call or reply to chats. - Frustrated employees in service team.

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Smiths Detection Response
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Thank you for taking the time to leave a review. Although it is great to hear that you were well compensated, it is disappointing to hear that your overall experience at Smiths Detection was not positive. We are always looking for more efficient ways of working and finetuning our process takes time. Our people are crucial to our success, and we strive to create a working environment where people enjoy being at work and are rewarded for their efforts. Our leaders are trained to create this trusting environment. We apologize you did not experience this at Smiths Detection We appreciate your honest feedback as we share your reviews with our leadership team.

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