Good benefits and perks, but work life balance and management is a mess. - CSE ZEISS Group Employee Review

2.0
9 Jun 2017
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

As a CSE, you get a car and work from home. Making your own schedule is a big plus. You have the opportunity to really make a difference for the customers and build strong relationships. The technology is amazing and always interesting. This is a fast, very challenging environment, good for people that like to learn.

Cons

Work/life balance doesn't exist. You are given a phone and expected to answer it 24/7, 365 but will not be "on the clock"... policies and procedures are not enforced unless it is in the convenience of management. No growth opportunity for CSE's. promises are made to create career development paths, but 2 years and nothing has happened. The culture is bad, its just a lot of promises with no accountability. The CSE's are fine with working hard and putting in 100%, but the company needs to follow through and keep them engaged. Cross functional teams don't exist; no one is there to help out, its a self absorbed environment. The star performers are taken advantage of and over worked, while the low performers ride along with no issues.

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Pros

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Cons

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2.0
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Pros

Per diem is nice, and the company car is ok

Cons

There is no ability to effect change; processes are so manual to keep people employed that should be let go, and the company is unwilling to listen to ideas of change. Also, there is no actual product quality, their so called Quality department does not deal with product quality at all, thus systems leaving the factory untested as a whole system or software releases being fully vetted for functionality. Their "Quality department" is only a CYA department to protect them from FDA audits, which quite frankly, could be called a Complaint Conversion Department. What is the point, other than titles, to call themselves Quality when nothing actually is fixed on the products and they are uninterested in end customer user experience or improving the actual product quality and sustainability.

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