Scania Employee Reviews

The management were less than helpful and always being quite rude to technicians. The drivers toilet is in the main reception!The smell was awful! The technicians made the job to be honest.

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Insights into Scania

Based on 30 survey responses

What people like

Clear sense of purpose
Fair pay for job

Areas for improvement

Sense of belonging
Energising work tasks
Support from manager

Condescending and belittling management

HGV Technician (Former Employee) - Spalding, Lincolnshire - 14 February 2023

Management has favourites, you’ll only do well here if you’re a yes man without an opinion. Incompetent technicians that are looked at with golden eyes. If you’ve got slippery shoulders the jobs for you.

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Amazing place to work and feels like being part of a global family

Head of People Development (Current Employee) - Loughborough, Leicestershire - 12 January 2023

I’ve worked in the Scania network since 1999, both in retail workshops and in support roles and I’ve enjoyed a great career with excellent opportunities for progression.The work is diverse, fast-paced but also fun!In the automotive world, Scania is a premium brand and has some amazing products which are industry leading in terms of technology and prestige.

Pros

Industry leading training & development

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Great company to work for, great culture, family feel. I love working here.

Manager (Current Employee) - Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire - 12 January 2023

Great company to work for, great culture, family feel, I love working here. Very friendly people, invested in product, culture and developing people. Lovely offices and facilities are great.

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Driver Technician (Former Employee) - Warrington, Cheshire - 31 May 2022

The role I applied for was a new one which I pretty much made my own. A well respected, international company with good prospects for further career development.

Pros

Career development

Cons

Difficult to say

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Productive well paid

HGV Technician (Current Employee) - Stoke-on-Trent - 3 May 2022

Money was good but want there pound of flesh for it the workshop is dated only one pit in a six bay workshop wasnt a lot of investment going into workshop to keep it in a modern state you was pretty much forced to work on bank holidays no organisation as the breakdown rotas and breakdown protocol was very dated was concerned the work had outgrown the workshop so you find yourself working outside at times about the only good thing about the place was the money and the overalls

Pros

Lunch is paid

Cons

Management treatment

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Not a flair company to work for

Technician (Former Employee) - Gatwick - 8 March 2022

The mangers are bullies and you’re just a number working there al they about is how until it’s back on the road not caring about your health having brake ect I was at the Gatwick depot and it’s the worst place I’ve ever worked

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The best company I’ve worked for so far in my life.

Service Desk Analyst (Former Employee) - Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire - 20 January 2022

A perfect structured company and a brilliant new building at MK. Honestly, I can’t say anything negative at my time at Scania. Working here made me feel so comfortable.

Pros

Brilliant work environment. Awesome and caring management. Not a single flaw that I can pick.

Cons

The only thing that I would have preferred was if my hours were fixed and not shift.

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Decent company but ruined by management

Technician (Former Employee) - Bristol - 11 December 2021

Big boys club, alot of gossiping and back stabbing especially from management. If you have an opinion or disagree with instruction you are blacklisted. Massive emphasis on time management and efficiency but very hard to achieve as workshop is so badly run. A lot of promises made at interview that don't happen. Only interested in getting jobs out asap. and getting paid instead of fixing it properly first time, told to let safety defects go and let vehicles back on road. Over book work on a weekly basis, especially at weekends and expect people to stay late to finish. Very high staff turnover

Cons

Management very poor

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Working in a blame culture in fear of your position

Parts supervisor (Former Employee) - Grays - 1 December 2021

Dreadful culture of treating staff with little or no respect.Manager thrived on fear culture with no encouragement shown to exceed and too quick to throw staff under the bus if you were not a favourite

Pros

Good value car lease plan after qualifying period

Cons

Working in a fear culture

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Slow paced, weak management

Technician (Current Employee) - South West - 8 July 2021

The work is slow paced, the product is decent but the wages are the lowest in the industry. Scania still believe the privilege of working for their brand is worth more than a fair wage. The franchise dealers pay much better and have more rewards and benefits.Working hard will not be rewarded and you won't get promoted as management is an old boys club and they stick together, promoting friends and family over capable people. Office staff will be treated better and rewarded more than the workshop staff who actually generate the income.They continuously go on about being the "premium brand" but at the same time don't supply the workshop with enough equipment or PPE to last a full week and be safe. The brand and profits are infinitely more valuable to them than your well being.But, if you want an easy, no pressure workshop role, you can just cruise along doing the bare minimum and still get paid.

Pros

Decent product, low stress.

Cons

Poor wages, poor perks, management

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Joke

HGV Technician (Former Employee) - Darlington, Durham - 16 April 2021

Never worked at a place with so many superheroes They treat customers vehicles like dirt, constantly getting complaints about there work man ship!!Stay away

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Great work colleagues

Service Co-Ordinator (Former Employee) - Bridgwater, Somerset - 11 March 2021

Quality brand so it was easy to promote, the scania assistance is 2nd to none, great work colleagues. As a service advisor within the workshop I Felt somewhat taken for granted and not really appreciated at times, but would work there again as work colleagues made it worthwhile.

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Enjoyed my time at scania

HGV Fitter (Former Employee) - Widnes - 9 March 2021

A good company to work for. Good team work from all other colleagues. Good management they all had a good work ethic I would recommend this company to anyone looking for this type of work.

Pros

Great team

Cons

Nights

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More work than time

Technician (Former Employee) - Redruth, Cornwall - 27 February 2021

Your expected to work faster, harder, more efficient than is humanly possible with no recourses or time for low money. They pick their favourites and if you don’t fit in then don’t expect to get much help.

Pros

None

Cons

Hours, pay, on call, mandatory weekend work

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Nothing fun about it

HGV Technician (Current Employee) - Not saying - 1 February 2021

Management doesn't have a clue wages aren't great but jobs steady. Not much over time other than every other saturday but call out rota if you want abit extra.

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You are just a number

Service Advisor (Former Employee) - Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire - 30 January 2021

The company is very good at promoting that they care about their employees.This is far from true, All they care about is money. You are just a number to them!! Having said that the people I worked with were great! It's higher up the chain that spoil it! They don't give two hoots about the lower level workers as long as they are getting their fancy trips away and big bonuses! Would NEVER recommend working for them nor would I work for them again.

Pros

None

Cons

Higher level management is bad

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No direction and bad attitudes

Former Parts Advisors (Former Employee) - Hampshire - 12 January 2021

Core values do not match what is experienced day to day. The culture is dehumanising and the attitude towards customers is that they are a problem to be ignored. This kind of mindset is rewarded whereas if you try to improve the situation you receive no support and are told to stay in your lane. Insufficient training and no advancement opportunities for current employees. Bad H&S protocols and now support from HR.

Pros

Company car

Cons

Long hours, no support

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Worst company ever

Finance Administrator (Former Employee) - Milton Keynes - 4 November 2020

This is the worst company I have ever worked for! Especially the central finance department where the staff turnover is over 50%. The management are not qualified to do the job, there is no training and support at all! If they don't like you, they will destroy you. People either leave or are sacked and up with depression. If you are a good "game player" you might survive. Avoid this place if you want to be happy in your job!!!!!!!

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Good place to work

Aftersales Administrator (Former Employee) - Exeter - 2 September 2020

My depot was a great place to work, stressful, but the people made it great. Higher management were okay but head office had no sense of reality within the depots.

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