Schindler reviews

3.2

51% would recommend to a friend

(958 total reviews)
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Paolo Compagna

100% approve of CEO

37% positive business outlook

Schindler has an employee rating of 3.2 out of 5 stars, based on 958 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Schindler employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Servicios de construcción, reparación y mantenimiento industry (3.7 stars).

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958 reviews
2.0
Sep 7, 2015

Account Representative

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Pros

You set your own schedule so, in many ways, it is much like running your own business. It is a lot like being at the spokes of a wheel; you notice a need the customer has for an upgrade or a new service contract, you get the pricing together from the service or repair superintendent, write the contract and sell it to the customer. Lots of independence and a pretty good income.

Cons

Way understaffed. There is ever enough time to actually give good service to customers. The people at the office that you need to see in order to get answers for customers are pulled too many directions to help. There is also a general feeling that poor service is fine, since the customers aren't paying enough for good service anymore (unlike the good old days of 40 years ago. Geez. Get over it already!) The result is poor service and lots of blame thrown around. Also, too few rep's assigned to any area to compete successfully with the other elevator companies, who have two-four times the rep's in the field.

3.0
Sep 1, 2015
Recommend
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Pros

I met and interacted with a lot of good, hard working dedicated professionals. Schindler reinvests a substantial amount of resources into providing their employees and customers with the latest advances in technology. Safety is a top priority.

Cons

Their business model relies too heavily on unrealistic metrics to drive the maintenance and repair business. Too often customers are not afforded the level of service they require and deserve.

2.0
Aug 31, 2015
Recommend
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Pros

-Benefits -Manage own hours around mechanics or daily schedule easily -50/50 office and in the field

Cons

-analytically micro-managed; every boss will manage a different metric and even if they conflict your must meet all criteria. -Focus changes weekly: testing one week, maintenance the next, hours per day, budget, parts, etc. -depending on the market the customers can be overly demanding so better have thick skin

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