Intertek Group Employee Job Reviews in the United States

"I've worked at Intertek for the past two years. The environment was great for a while and I got along well with my immediate supervisors and my co-workers. The pay was sub-par for a QA testing position, most of the people are contractors, and they dangle the idea of being an employee to keep you motivated. The General Manager is my biggest complaint because he regularly violated HR rules and it seems you only get fired for reporting him to HR. As I left it felt like I couldn't trust the management."

"Intertek is a flexible job but management isn't good"

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What do you like about working at Intertek Group?

"I prefer working in a company with good organization and acceptance of many cultures."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Collect information about the company which you are looking for and be smart and polite during your interview."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Have good organization and accept all the comments from junior staff, as well as be open-minded with acceptance of many suggestions."

"I would not think of recommending this company to anyone. All Intertek seems to care about is the current month's revenue. The company is too cheap for its own good. I witnessed new lab employees getting 4+-year-old laptops. Some of the stuff was so old, people could not even do their job effectively. I was once denied a $20 USB thumb drive because my manager at the time wanted some other group to pay for it. The IT infrastructure in many US locations is obsolete and goes down more often then it should: Few managers want to spend money on hardware or the people to support it. Nothing but fire drills to get systems back up and running with the business screaming at you because they could not do their job. In the Information Technology Department, there is no room for advancement. There is not even an allocated budget for IT training. Pay is not great. Raises are minimal. One year, they even screwed me out of most of my bonus. In many cases, when Intertek acquired another company, IT management refused to insist that the acquisition integrates into the central IT support model. This not only resulted in shadow IT groups within the business that basically did what they wanted to, but it ended up costing Intertek a fortune in the long run which no one seemed to care about as there was no immediate expense for the integration. During my tenure, upper IT management didn't seem to have a clue on how the "real world" worked. They often just hired people they favored from jobs they had held at other companies ... and they didn't even try to cover up the fact that this was happening. I applied for one internal job and during my interview was told that the job was already filled by someone who they presumably just found by canvassing the internet. The stress is enormous and they just throw you away when they are done with you. Please don't work here unless you are truly desperate for the money!"

"It was a fine workplace but unfortunately was a bit out-dated. I left because I would prefer to work in a more challenging and competitive environment"

"I did gain some knowledge about testing apparatus"

What do you like about working at Intertek Group?

"Intertek was a registered electrical testing Laboratory which was an industry I wanted to work for."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Hang in there, it is a good place to work"

What don't you like about working at Intertek Group?

"Intertek did not have a lot of documentation on their test procedures"

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Start using blueprints, wiring diagrams, or schematics to improve testing and assist employees"

"I worked at Intertek for almost 4 months and was eventually let go, (along with everyone else) because they took on twice as many people and kept losing work. There was no relationship with our supervisor to speak of because we were all contractors and expected to do our jobs and keep up metrics. If they thought you were a decent worker they would have you train other people whom often were being trained for different departments. Not horrible for the money, but not the best either."

"A collection of acquired businesses with no corporate culture or core identity."

What do you like about working at Intertek Group?

"The benefits package is above average and the employees are hard-working and dedicated."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"If you are a technical person who wants to have a technical career, Intertek may be adequate. For sales, marketing and business management personnel, you will be very disappointed in this organization. It sees itself as a technical/ engineering company as if that is an excuse for poor service delivery, poor management and disenfranchised sales personnel."

What don't you like about working at Intertek Group?

"Disorganized, weak leadership with no chain of command and multiple personnel with overlapping responsibility/ authority that causes confusion relative to decision making. No plan to integrate the many acquired businesses other than management platitudes directing that it be done."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Reduce the overwhelming number of management staff and create a recognizable organizational structure. Management is not capable of this."

What do you like about working at Intertek Group?

"The temps working there were the nicest they were always friendly and also looking for another job."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Good Luck"

What don't you like about working at Intertek Group?

"Every week I or a coworker was threatened to be fired. we could not make any kind of complaint or recommendations if we did we were told if you have a problem leave we will replace you tomorrow"

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Management should be less negative, more personable and know how to work with other people from different cultures. They should also treat them with respect and consideration. Not everyone was treated equally there was a lot of discrimination in every department."

"No communication to ensure clarity on company wide goals and objectives, limited trust in employees, and very short term focused.Management needs to seriously reassess its organizational culture and instill a positive team based, value driven, business model that drives a sense of urgency to improve and focus on service quality and delivery.Very limited opportunity for advancement even if performance exceeds expectations/goals/objectives, consistently, year on year.Tread carefully."

What do you like about working at Intertek Group?

"I most enjoyed the hours of my 7 AM to 3 PM shift Monday through Friday. I also enjoyed the casual dress code."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"It s a good place for you to work if you fit in one of the cliques. If not, or if you are independent, it probably is not the place for you to work."

What don't you like about working at Intertek Group?

"I did not enjoy that upper management says one thing and does something else. They make statements and do not follow through on them. To just treat people like they mean nothing in such a bad economy is terrible."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Stick to your word and do not deceive people. If you promise that you will address employees if there are problems, then do it."

"Horrible place for a career, great place for fast pace and long hours to refine skills learned in school. Zero positive motivation, threatened with job loss if you question management. Moral throughout Chicago (Romeoville) office is at the lowest level possible. I believe problem stems from upper management, GM is in several employees opinion bringing this location to it knees. Continuous video monitoring of lab personal has dropped this place lower in many current employee opinions. This location is toxic and to be avoided at all costs!!!!"