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I was interviewed 4 times before they hired me for Administrator position. The funny thing they asked for my engineering degree for this position. After starting at Schneider Electric, I was sitting around and I pleased the Manager to give me work because I was bored. The Manager said that new employee stays 6 month without doing anything. It is weird, I was asking myself :Why did they hire me?. then I start to ask staff around to give work. They were not ready to train me. But after all I start it to figure out their softwares by myself. The Manager were not nice. They swear during work and very impolite. After working for three years, I never had spot to park my car. Where I had to park my car on the street always. The Manager kept asking me to remove my car from the street spots and park it beside the Plant manager who does not want anybody parking his car beside him. I was puzzled and I did not know who to please. The Production manager who wants me to remove my car from the street or the plant manager who does not want anybody to park beside his parking spot. They kept asking me to remove my car for more than 10 times. It is not a place to work for. All managers are snobby and too proud besides they are not well educated to have this responsibility. only two years at Nait does not prepare them to deal with staff nor their ugly attitude is a good resource for Schneider Electric.

Schneider Electric is a global company with over 150,000 employees. It specializes in Energy Management systems for homes and businesses.

My division, SCADA and Remote Telemetry Solutions, specifically works with the production of Oil and Gas from wells as well as the control of sewage lift station pumps etc.

Schneider Electric has a strong corporate culture that promotes diversity, equality, fairness and corporate responsibility.

A typical day at work involves liaising with my colleagues in the Kanata office or remotely (SKYPE) with my colleagues around the world. Flexible work allows me to periodically work remotely from my home office.

My management hierarchy is based in the US and I have a very capable and understanding manager, who makes himself readily available.

The culture is one of cooperation, understanding and tolerance. I have made many friends here over the past 20+ years, some that have extended outside of the work environment.

The hardest part of the job is sometimes having to navigate the processes that are inherent with any large corporation. 

The most enjoyable part of my job is when I complete a project and receive positive recognition from my colleagues. Schneider Electric has an active recognition program for giving kudos to your colleagues.

What is the best part of working at the company?
In my experience, the Company stands for what is important to me: safety for all , inclusion and quality;  shares and benefits packages are good, flex-time and remote working applies for many of the positions;  if you have aspirations you will find opportunities, management strives to recognize your efforts,  but workload can be challenging. I cannot tell if all salaries are up to market  standards but more than fair in my view, and previous experience will count towards it. I think this is a very good Company to work for.

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
Workload can be a challenge. This is a very large Company, that brings the same challenges as all big organizations, such as a number approval levels, change on process takes longer, etc.

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
I personally enjoy the environment very diverse people from age groups, experience levels, cultural backgrounds, we all bring somerhing different to the table.

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
Busy, rewarding, in my role I interact with different internal groups, always a team experience

My typical day started checking my BfO which is a kind of database where we can see the request of customers and take them (phone calls or emails) as well as the cases being handled by the team.
So, I will review the priority of the case and I will call or email the customer in French or English, to listen and understand the problem then solve the case. To assist with this process, I had access to the KB and the material that Schneider provide to their employees to solve cases.
My manager will check the cases I solved or not solved and we had a daily revision of them.
My co-workers are very talented and nice people but they will be always too busy to talk with.
The hardest part of the Job was the disparity between the negative comments from my manager and the positive comments and words of appreciation from the customers that were happy with my efforts. The most enjoyable part was to work hard and be appreciated by both internal or external customers recognizing my job.

Extremely push to make deadlines down to the minute, Always adding more work and without adding the extra time needed to the deadline, the benefits are horrible, when you have a problem with the benefits, HR doesn't do anything to help and ignores your emails regarding to benefits. HR doesn't even set up your benefits, they make you do it your self, even tho its post to be their job. The people who work here are very rude, and to much back stabbing. Iv had incidents where incorrect information will be told to you, so they can set you up to get in trouble with the manager. You won't get payed Overtime here when you work overtime. After you get lay off, they promise to send your information to another agency company who helps you look for a new job, and this is all false, i contacted the agency and told me no report or file was open for me at all.

Overall i would highly suggest people to not work for this company, its just a big name company and nothing else, full of red flags everywhere here

I spent a significant part of my career working at Schneider Electric, and my overall experience was very positive. Schneider Electric is a large, global company that’s well-known for its focus on energy management and automation solutions. I found the workplace to be supportive, with lots of opportunities for learning and career development. The company provides good training programs, and there’s a strong emphasis on teamwork and collaboration. I was able to develop my skills in sales, customer service, and working with people from many different backgrounds.

Of course, working in a big company can sometimes be challenging. The pace was often fast, especially when multiple projects needed to be managed at once. Sometimes, decisions took longer because of the organization’s size and processes. Even with these challenges, I appreciated the professional environment and the chance to grow. I would recommend Schneider Electric to anyone looking for stability and growth in their career.

Schneider Electric is an internationally known and respected company, involved in many projects around the world. I was, however, part of what is called the EAS division (Energy Automation Systems), a fairly small entity operating out of Brossard, QC. I therefore had the opportunity to experience both the large corporate life, as a well as the challenges of a small business.

Typical days at work were what I would describe as "putting out fires." I handled problems the other project managers (PMs) needed help with, be it with orders, suppliers, or project transmittals.

The management is competent and driven by results, and the atmosphere can be a little tense at times, but the coworkers are friendly and the hours are very flexible.

I did get to learn a lot about project management from my experience here, and the best part of my day is when I can get ahead of the curve.

You work with some great people and Sr. management has some great ideas but middle management (directors and RSM's) struggle with implementing a strategy when the rubber hits the road.   They take on a "I do not want to hear about any issues I just want results' mentality.  

Little to no training on product offering or solutions and it is get an order at any cost.  Job opportunities are limited and most sales opportunities are awarded to people based on their career plan vs. who is most qualified for the position.

Best part about the job is the people you work with and the worst part about the job is the lack of guidance and digesting the drivel that comes down from management.  I think Schneider is loosing sight of what made them so large to begin with.

In Schneider Electric I worked 14+ years , now it is hard to believe that I had spent more than 14 years because the journey was so smooth pleasant and full of joy , Honestly i never thought to leave the organization [ although i got couple of good opportunities,
Work life balance was the most beautiful part and I got a group of bosses and every time they encourages the team mates to do better , this is an excellent work culture, which is rarely found , at last i must say that i am one of the luckiest  person ,who got an opportunity to work in Schneider electric , Post retirement every moment i feel about Schneider Electric , the missing all those moments and days , Those 14 + years gone passed very rapidly from my life cycle , 

Lots of tools available to learn and grow. HR system designed to enhance both business objectives skills as  well as personal ones.

The work load is a lot, company promotes balance but the capacity available is not helping.

Culture is mixed, but overall positive work atmosphere and toxic actions/employees are not tolerated. 
Hard workers and outstanding employees are rewarded in many ways in SE.

Too dynamic, multiple changes, I barely am used to the latest change, the next change is already coming. It could be the reason behind this company's success but it sure is exhausting and consumes a lot of employees energy.

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