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www.schneider-electric.com Rueil-Malmaison, France 5000+ Employees
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Updated May 18, 2013
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3.4 381 reviews

                             

79% Approve of the CEO

Schneider Electric President and CEO Jean-Pascal Tricoire

Jean-Pascal Tricoire

(220 ratings)

69% of employees recommend this company to a friend
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Current Employee – been working at Schneider Electric full-time for more than 10 years

ProsCompany Shares best practices,and transparent in communication.Skills & competency mapping is done to find the gap between the job profile and present skill levels. Training calenders are designed according the bridge the gap and improve on deliverable. This is how Schneider is able to leverage better efficiencies at all levels.

ConsCompany needs to understand local culture and set up proper organization structure. Following European norms may not work sometimes. Also need to recognize talents and empower them for delivering more than what an average employee can do.

Advice to Senior ManagementThey shall demonstrate team work to middle management and lower management employees

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

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Former Employee – worked at Schneider Electric full-time

ProsCompany encourage to individual employee to take total ownership of your account/client Management.

Consit will depend on the role...

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

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Current Employee – been working at Schneider Electric full-time for more than 3 years

ProsWork Life Balance, Good Process, Co-Operation from Internal Entity. Global Opportunities.

ConsMoovement of Office will be a little risky.

Advice to Senior ManagementManagement is Very good.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

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Current Employee – been working at Schneider Electric as an intern for less than a year

Prosexcellent exposure, work life balance.good food and transport

Conspeople are not very social and not friendly

Advice to Senior Managementnonr

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Current Employee – been working at Schneider Electric

ProsGood support for people management
Processes are followed well

ConsNeed to push for CMMI certification

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

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Current Employee – been working at Schneider Electric

ProsGood teams with committed people

ConsSalaries are not so great

Advice to Senior ManagementKeep going

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Bangalore

Current Employee – been working at Schneider Electric full-time for more than 3 years

Proswork life balance is good

Conscareer growth is very slow

Advice to Senior Managementincrements and benefits could be improved

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

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Current Employee – been working at Schneider Electric full-time for less than a year

ProsVery young workforce, fresh with ideas.
Supportive superiors and good learning curve.
Lot of non-project activities to keep lateral thinking alive.

ConsWork life balance needs some polishing.

Advice to Senior ManagementEmployee motivation needs to be relooked.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

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Current Employee – been working at Schneider Electric full-time for more than 3 years

ProsGood team, Good manager, Good projects.
As a fresher I joined Schneider and I got to learn a lot on the technology side as well as on building automation domain. There is good work life balance.

ConsSchneider electric is not perfect. Salary is not that competitive, Usually it is little less than the market value, but this done on purpose so that people are not laid off during tough situations.
Lunch is given but it is not good :)

Advice to Senior ManagementImprove the quality of lunch provided. Try to match the salary given with the market value.

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Current Employee – been working at Schneider Electric full-time for more than 7 years

ProsProvides flexibility to learn new things. Good work life balance. Good place to work if the immediate manager is supportive.

ConsThe managers act as if they are paying employees from their pockets. Negligible growth in terms of salary

Advice to Senior ManagementRecruit right people for right role

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm not optimistic about the outlook for this company

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