Worst place I have ever worked - Finance Shared Services (FiSS) Schneider Electric Employee Review

1.0
Apr 11, 2016
Recommend
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Pros

Work from home may have been the only pro of working at Schneider Electric.

Cons

Highest employee turnover I have ever seen. Schneider is able to attract and hire top talent, however they do not retain these employees and top performers stay with the company less than a year. Most FiSS managers were unqualified for their positions, scared to death of losing their jobs, and treated their employees horribly. My manager did not understand what I did and couldn't do the job herself if she had to. Workload would increase due to acquisitions, but headcounts would still be reduced. Jobs were regularly moved to Mexico. If the company could save a dollar by moving the job to Mexico, they did it. All of the tenured employees would talk about how great it used to be to work for Square D, but since becoming Schneider Electric it got worse every year. Those whose positions were not moved to Mexico were constantly in fear of losing their job. I saw people who had been with the company for 20,30+ years have their replacement flown in from Mexico so that they could train them. Really really sad place to work. Worst company culture and work environment I have ever been a part of. I have never seen so many unhappy people.

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Cons

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