You are given very minimal training and development opportunities and the company do not care for you as an individual. This was shown when a senior engineer decided to be racist and humiliate another colleague and nothing was done on this matter due to the fact that the senior engineer was a valuable employee to them and that they relied on his skill set. It just goes to show you that this is a business and business comes first so If you are from an ethnic background I advise against joining this company because they will not support you if it came to racism.
the UK affiliate of SPIE has a good exec team now, forward-thinking, energetic; taking the company in the right direction. Middle management: new people with fresh ideas. Very good project management teams, committed, customer oriented; excellent safety records
Cons
heavy processes that sometimes make SPIE inward looking and not really customer oriented; culture that makes the company slow to react and change. Cost cutting, not enough people to support. Training and development?