SOMFY Group reviews about "culture"

This review is about the US/North American group. Leadership underwent a change a few years ago (new CEO) and it really changed things. People are always looking over their shoulder, folks are tracking who is in the office which days and - get this - they make you take sick time if you're sick on "mandatory in-office Wednesdays." The CEO has been through 3 HR directors in 3 years. When I left, the CEO was the current director of HR (and if you don't know how big of a red flag that is, lucky you.) They're on a hybrid schedule, but I'd bet it won't last - the good ol' boys club in management wants to keep tabs on everyone and feel the power of having desks filled. Office has zero culture or fun whatsoever - it's like a tomb. On top of that, the global group has a diversity goal of 40% women in management - why not just go for 50? And their idea of diversity is more people from multiple countries - not a peep about race.

No cons. it is a really good company to work for. They should increase their presence in the USA.

Somewhat slow to move - new products introductions are often delayed, some positions in management have taken a long time to be properly filled in.

- HR lacks understanding of the roles they recruit for, leading to poor job fit - Advancement and role allocation appear driven more by internal politics than merit, skill or qualifications, with a disturbing lack of diversity at mid to high levels - Work unchallenging and monotonous - Compensation poor

Salary based on the cost of live

If you are not a manager you are not important to them

Sometimes cumbersome processes, and a lot of decisions are taken by committees, which slows down the speed of execution.

The company is not very engineering focused