MTS Systems reviews

3.8

65% would recommend to a friend

(382 total reviews)

Randy J. Martinez

78% approve of CEO

48% positive business outlook

MTS Systems has an employee rating of 3.8 out of 5 stars, based on 382 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The MTS Systems employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Manufacturing industry (3.5 stars).

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382 reviews
3.0
Mar 6, 2015
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Smart co workers who care about customers and quality. Amazing products.

Cons

small company culture doesn't fit big company aspirations

2.0
Jul 2, 2016

Great company being dismantled by the CEO and a gutless executive team

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Extremely talented employees, products that help make the world a safer place and good teamwork, except for the very top level.

Cons

Company is run by a CEO who has no interest in the business, long term development and particularly not the people. He is driving away good talent, too quick to do layoffs if the quarterly numbers are not as he told the board. No stability, benefits cut at will. People have lost faith, do not trust the CEO or his team and are sick of being pushed over any reasonable limit. Probably worst of all is that while JG will ask for feedback he cannot deal with it and if you provide it it will backfire. Be careful!

1.0
Feb 22, 2017
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

A vast amount of knowledge inside the company, many of the older employees are experts in their field. Work on some very interesting projects for awesome clients around the world.

Cons

The running rule in the testing industry is that MTS makes good equipment, but has the worst customer service in the industry. There is a reason for this and it has to do with how the employees are treated in my opinion. The idea of a open culture to voice opinions or issues is a downright joke. Too many good people, myself included, tried to voice concerns and been openly threatened and harassed with being fired. There is a reason why this company has soo many older employees who are just running out their careers and so few young folks coming up the ladder. The turn over for younger employees is huge, the stick around for a few years and then realize that there are better options and quickly depart for greener pastures. Also how many pointless meetings are necessary to run a company? I quickly learned that the name MTS stands for "Meetings To Submission". Cut out half of the middle managers, most of the banal meetings and get back to your core values of serving the customer with the best possible products and support. When given an offer of $5000 bonus for referring people nobody in our department would stand up to recommend any of their friends to apply for a job. If that doesn't say something, I don't know what will.

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