RWS Group reviews

3.3

54% would recommend to a friend

(1,112 total reviews)

Benjamin Faes

42% approve of CEO

39% positive business outlook

RWS Group has an employee rating of 3.3 out of 5 stars, based on 1,112 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The RWS Group employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Informatique industry (3.9 stars).

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1K reviews
5.0
Sep 7, 2023
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Although this is a massive company, they are very intentional in creating engagement among the teams, specially cross-departmental teams within the same region or country. Also, higher management is very transparent with the whole workforce regarding profits, goals, shortcomings and next steps. Even though I work in a fairly small account with very low headacount, and don't really talk to other teams (because we work remotely), I still feel I know what the company is up to and what to expect. Finally, my favorite part of my particular position are my two direct managers. I feel very greateful for and inspired by them.

Cons

It is a big company, so it's hard to know what kind of environment or manager you will have before you actually get in. For instance, a couple of my close friends started working in the company within the same year, but we all work for different accounts. We agree that this is a great place to work overall, but the specifics of workload, relationship with managers, communication, time off requests, etc. vary significantly, so you might hear very different descriptions of what working for RWS is depending on who you ask.

1.0
Sep 3, 2023

Has been going downhill for some time now

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

The people (at ground level) are great You learn a lot

Cons

Overtime is the norm, and unpaid for those who are UK based. Workloads are not realistic, and when people leave they are not replaced The company has been promising for 5+ years to put a Job Framework including salaries together, and this still hasn't been published. Pay disparities are very common, and management tries to forbid people from talking to each other about salaries. The company recently announced YET ANOTHER pay review postponement. The technology is incredibly poor and inefficient, and then management complains about not hitting targets. The CEO doesn't have a translation background and after 2 years, I still don't think he understands the company. I used to be proud to say I was working at SDL/RWS, but that feeling has long gone.

3.0
Sep 1, 2023
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

1. Advacne Technology and Systems 2. Useful tools and training programs 3. Dedicated projects for the teams,

Cons

1. Organisation hirerchay is very big and due to which often there is a micro-management and sometimes it gets frustrated. 2. KRAs are not defined properly atleast for the roles of Project Manager, Associate Project Manager and Project Coordinator and it feels like all of them are performing the same duties across the projects.

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