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    BSI Group Reviews

    Updated 7 November 2018
    186 reviews

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    BSI Group Chief Executive and Board Member Howard Kerr
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    90 Ratings

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    Pros

    • "Work life balance is good, decent pension and benefits" (in 8 reviews)

    • "Good benefits, good working conditions in a modern office" (in 13 reviews)

    Cons

    • "Work life balance can be a challenge" (in 9 reviews)

    • "On-going change in priorities creates difficult and unreasonable expectations from some of senior management" (in 15 reviews)

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    1. Featured Review

      "A great place to work"

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      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee in Loughborough, England
      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee in Loughborough, England
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      No opinion of CEO

      I have been working at BSI Group full-time

      Pros

      Honestly the best place I have worked and a nice environment in Loughborough. Great flexibility, benefits, pension, holiday allowance and variety. Good opportunities available for those willing to work for them which to be honest I think is fair. There have been a number of reviews on here and I really don’t recognise the place that they describe as it’s not what I have experienced. There is a good team ethic and people are generally happy to help if you need it. I would say it’s very much moving in the right direction and would recommend working here.

      Cons

      There really aren’t many bad things. Yes there are bits that need sorting and improvement (where isn’t there?) but there seems a desire for this to happen from everyone.

      Advice to Management

      Tackle things quicker.

    2. "Great place to work"

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      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee in Milton Keynes, England
      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee in Milton Keynes, England
      Recommends
      Approves of CEO

      I have been working at BSI Group full-time (More than 5 years)

      Pros

      Continual Improvement is at the heart of this business, they invest in people, offer amazing development and the culture for those that chose to embrace it is commercial, fast paced and inclusive. If you want to succeed and develop your career BSI will give you the opportunity. You can really add value, get involved and be recognised. Its a great place to be.

      Cons

      If anything we try to do too much, sometimes we just need to focus on the few rather than over commit.

      Advice to Management

      Keep doing what you are doing

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    3. "Great team environment and place to make a difference"

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      Current Employee - Marketing Manager in Milton Keynes, England
      Current Employee - Marketing Manager in Milton Keynes, England
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      I have been working at BSI Group (More than 3 years)

      Pros

      The business cares about personal development, well-being, growth and innovation. There's an open and collaborative team culture with passionate people whose work feels valued.

      Cons

      Not all teams in the company feel as valued. On-going change in priorities creates difficult and unreasonable expectations from some of senior management.

    4. "Good place to work but"

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      Current Employee - Executive in London, England
      Current Employee - Executive in London, England

      I have been working at BSI Group full-time (More than a year)

      Pros

      Flexible working hours
      Great management
      Nice building and surrounding area
      Free parking for staff

      Cons

      No obvious career progression choices
      Terrible HR service

    5. "Administrator"

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      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Recommends

      I worked at BSI Group full-time

      Pros

      Great friendly working environment. Very encouraging, real atmosphere of support.

      Cons

      Not a great social environment. People kept to themselves, never any activities outside of work.

    6. Helpful (1)

      "Coordinator"

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      Current Employee - Project Coordinator in London, England
      Current Employee - Project Coordinator in London, England
      Recommends
      Neutral Outlook
      No opinion of CEO

      I have been working at BSI Group full-time (More than 8 years)

      Pros

      Good training available and flexibility

      Cons

      Can be difficult to advance for some

      Advice to Management

      Promote internal staff more

    7. "Good experience"

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      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      Pros

      Great services and nice people

      Cons

      Poor sales director but good Exec team

    8. "Making excellence a habit at BSI we help to develop excellence by driving the success of our clients"

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      Current Employee - Global Head - General Devices Group in London, England
      Current Employee - Global Head - General Devices Group in London, England
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      I have been working at BSI Group full-time (More than 10 years)

      Pros

      Working with highly qualified technical colleagues in a well respected organisation with full support from all management levels. It feels like one big global family!

      Cons

      Not too much to say other than with rapid growth the organisation and it's infrastructure needs to adapt quickly to multiple changes to match the speed of growth

    9. Helpful (7)

      "Death trap"

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      Former Employee - Engineer in Loughborough, England
      Former Employee - Engineer in Loughborough, England
      Doesn't Recommend
      Negative Outlook
      Disapproves of CEO

      I worked at BSI Group full-time (More than 5 years)

      Pros

      It is a good one to have on your cv

      Cons

      Heath and safety in laboratories is abysmal, recently an apprentice ended up a casualty of these shortfalls. I would urge anyone to think carefully as they are more concerned about profit margins and capital than they are theirs staff's safety and wellbeing. Pay is poor unless you are mates with a manager and get fast tracked to the top and often the hairdryer treatment is given to staff instead of a decent training programme.

      Advice to Management

      Your fighting a loosing battle, its you that need to change.

      BSI Group Response

      10 Sep 2018 – Operations Director - Global Product Certification

      Thank you for your feedback. Nothing is more important to the management and staff at BSI than the health and safety of all employees.

      We are aware of the situation you’ve raised. Test labs are... More

    10. Helpful (6)

      "Employees undervalued"

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      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee in Milton Keynes, England
      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee in Milton Keynes, England
      Doesn't Recommend
      Negative Outlook
      No opinion of CEO

      I worked at BSI Group full-time

      Pros

      Employees benefits
      8hours day
      Various training programmes available

      Cons

      Poor management of employees workload
      Stressful at times
      Limited opportunity to progress
      Limited flexibility depending on the role

      Advice to Management

      You should value your employees more
      Listen more carefully
      Get those affected involved in the decision making process

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