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      Sympower

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      Sympower Reviews

      3.8

      60% would recommend to a friend

      (49 total reviews)

      43% positive business outlook

      Ratings by category

      4.1

      Culture and values

      4.1

      Diversity and inclusion

      4.0

      Work/Life balance

      3.6

      Career opportunities

      3.4

      Senior management

      3.2

      Compensation and benefits

      Sympower has an employee rating of 3.8 out of 5 stars, based on 49 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Sympower employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Energy, mining, utilities industry (3.7 stars).

      Reviews by job title

      49 reviews
      1.0
      29 Oct 2021

      More concerned with image and branding than reality

      Software engineer
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business outlook

      Pros

      Top leadership work very hard to promote the image of the company

      Cons

      Instead of fixing the things that employees have been complaining about for years now, we are told that everything is great and everything improving. After every big project is pushed through, leadership congratulate themselves. We actually had to sit through a meeting where we watched clips of senior management celebrating in Amsterdam "after all that hard work", during a time when we were still working full speed. Senior management aren't very self aware, and I don't believe they work half as hard as the rest of us do.

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      Sympower Response
      4y
      Thank you for sharing your feedback with us. We are going through a high-growth phase with a lot of new challenges at almost every step of the way and we could have made this far without the hard work and dedication of everyone working at Sympower. It is therefore important to also take a moment to celebrate the milestones we have reached in this journey and, as one of our values states, we are "achieving together" as one team. However, your view on this is important and we would like to hear and understand more about it so we kindly ask you to reach out to either your manager or the people team and plan a chat. Thanks!
      2.0
      24 Oct 2021

      Near breaking point!

      Software engineer
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business outlook

      Pros

      A chance to learn about the green energy market

      Cons

      Management don't care about developers. There are no benefits, the pay is too low, they keep kicking the can down the road with false promises. There are long hours and too much pressure put on me from product managers and team leads. These constant short deadlines are building up technical debt and wearing us down.

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      Sympower Response
      4y
      Thank you for taking the time to leave a review and we are sorry to hear about your experience at Sympower. In the recent months, we have been making some key improvements in areas such as compensations and benefits but we are still working hard at optimizing even more. If you have more input on this for us, please reach out directly to your manager or the people team and let's discuss this in more detail. Thanks in advance.
      2.0
      29 Oct 2021

      Unmotivated

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business outlook

      Pros

      Some departments seem to have it easier, depends on where you work.

      Cons

      No bonus pay for working beyond normal hours, which happens a lot. It's not a great work life balance, but there is no career progression either.

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      Sympower Response
      4y
      We thank you for your feedback which we take very seriously while trying to improve the work environment at Sympower. There are a lot of challenges to tackle in the scale-up that we are currently in but not at the expense of your wellbeing. We have therefore been making some conscious efforts to optimize our way of work and set clearer priorities - however, this is an ongoing process and we would appreciate having a more thorough conversation with you about your day-to-day experience either via your manager or the people team.
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