Great place to work if you're a man and/or you enjoy discrimination and a lack of job security - Recensione dipendente - Engineering Technician presso Sigma Design

1,0
2 feb 2018
Consiglia
Gradimento del CEO
Pronostico commerciale

Vantaggi

Great benefits, most of the employees are very nice, decent enough pay, decent enough vacation time, free food frequently offered.

Svantaggi

It's a great place to work... until it isn't. You can be written up and/or fired with absolutely no warning if a single person in the entire company takes issue with you, and if they complain about you first you are toast, even if they lie through their teeth about you and you can prove it. So many people are fired out of the blue for (at best) insignificant or (at worst) completely bogus reasons that it leaves many employees in constant fear of losing their jobs. The whole company is one big popularity contest and you are exceptionally more likely to be hired and far less likely to fired if you are part of the "in" crowd (which generally means you're an outgoing man younger than 35 or older than 55 who enjoys drinking, manly activities, and/or sportsball, or are someone who can fake it and fit in with people who match that description). Although a few women hold high positions in the company, most women are hired into admin/receptionist/"feminine" type jobs or lower level positions in the company and in my experience commonly fired for insignificant offenses, generally unfair reasons, or downright lies, while similar or worse complaints against men would receive no corrective action, let alone firing, unless it was a really serious offense (cheating on hours, no call no show habits, etc). The above is obviously the worst thing I experienced and observed during my time at the company, but there some other things which new applicants should beware of: Job listings frequently don't line up with the job that you will actually be doing, including frequent cases of listing required skills or training that you aren't even allowed to utilize, requiring experience with tools you will never handle, and stating job duties that are more varied or vastly different from what the position actually entails. This leaves some employees disgruntled after starting the job. The company is more likely to hire managers from outside than promote from within, leaving very little room for upward movement unless you completely change work areas or projects. As soon as the company reached a critical mass and expanded too fast (basically around the time I got hired, I think), internal communication and organization fell apart (or just was never set up properly to begin with), leaving many areas totally disorganized and causing good employees to be stressed and frustrated and seek other jobs.

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5,0
18 mag 2026
Dipendente anonimo
Consiglia
Gradimento del CEO
Pronostico commerciale

Vantaggi

Great company culture, great people, interesting work

Svantaggi

Lack of structure, constant growing pains

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3 set 2025
Consiglia
Gradimento del CEO
Pronostico commerciale

Vantaggi

100% of the health benefits paid will be used to pay for the emotional and psychological damages that happen at this job(s).

Svantaggi

Managers will use you until you break. Their so-called “Core Values” are nothing but a cult. They demand you live and breathe them, and when you exceed their expectations, you get no reward—just a higher bar set as your new normal. Management gets away with sexual harassment. Their “solution” isn’t accountability—it’s sticking another woman in the room instead of removing the offender. Your job becomes your entire life. Work your contracted 8 hours and HR will drag you into a “conversation.” HR itself is a complete joke. There’s no real career growth here. Promotions, bonuses, and recognition are reserved only for the inner-circle “Sigma family.” Think pyramid scheme: they take the rewards while you burn yourself out—mentally and physically. If you value your health and sanity, hear this clearly: unless you want a nervous breakdown, a heart attack, or long-term disability, do not apply.

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