technical engineer

technician

meter reader

senior rf engineer

senior project manager

Landis+Gyr

What is the best part of working at the company?
The pay was competitive and the health benefits were good. 

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
The constant worry about getting laid off, in the 25 years I worked for the company we were bought or traded multiple times which caused lay-offs and restructures or whenever we were traded publicly on the stock exchange and did not make more profits then the previous year, lay-offs and cuts occurred.  It was always a fear even when the company was doing well and making large profits.

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
In my 25 year experience with the company the work environment shifted from very good to poor depending on the Program Manage of the office.  Some of the PMs and management were good and considered employees a valuable asset to the company and treated  the employees with respect and fairness but there were  other PMs who cared very little about their employees.  Those were the bad times and I remember more bad than good.

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
My time with the company I had several different positions,  I started as a electronic field technician, then as a supervisor over the field techs and the manual meter readers and my last 8 years in the meter lab as a software quality engineer.  Most days were 8 hours from 7 to 3 PM but some jobs such as a field tech required some overtime and weekly on calls and how often determined by the number of techs, usually once or twice a month.

There are many locations scattered across the US. Most were aquired companies that still act as if they are separate from the corporation that bought them. This causes a schism among the various business units which makes individual jobs unnecessarily difficult and stressful. This is most evident when working as a remote employee stationed at one business unit while belonging to another business unit based out of another state.

Many business units lack a cohesive direction due to this schism and employees are forced to navigate an array of obstacles thrown in their way by competing business units.

If you are in any kind of a (non-leadership) support role that includes after hours work, then you will effectively earn less money for every uncompensated hour of overtime that you are expected/required to work. This sort of abusive behavior is why unions sprang up to protect workers in other industries. Sadly, there is no IT Union that one can join to regain a healthy work/life balance and be paid fair wages.

Massive uncompensated overtime is what drove me away from this company. Perhaps you'll have a better experience? (Only if you're an hourly employee)

I do not recommend this company.

This company benefits from people who are knowledgeable about technology yet have a passion for learning or being also knowledgable about electricity.  This is particularly important for someone in support or implementation.  At one time I figured this would be a solid company however, layoffs over the past year are concerning.  It Is troubling to know that good talent have been forced to find work elsewhere.
 In support sometimes, you may have to juggle the needs of multiple customers of various smart meter deployments and services, as with any position in support there are periods of ebb and flow.  No day will be the same.  In the past, some positions offer frequent travel to customer sites however, given the pandemic and other budget constraints, that has been curtailed.  Despite the knowledge of layoffs that are publicly available on the Internet, this company seems to still be adding more customers or offering new services to current customers.  The recently announced partnership with Google Cloud Platform may help to enhance their Cloud Service offering.  

The work is great as far as I'm concerned, you are assigned a route and create a map and it's up to you how to approach the day. The day starts at home, you take your car, work laptop home keep it clean schedule maintenance as needed. As soon as you download your map the clock starts and ends when you get home and upload all the completed work. Everyone is helpful or will try and point you in the right direction. They really promote safety over getting a read. It can be stressful with some interactions of homeowners, renters and NPC's, 98% of the time everything is awesome but the other 2% guns will be drawn, dogs, random homeless/crazy people, you have to pay for any parking tickets and for all that you get to live on a shoe string budget because of lower then needed pay to meet your needs in this region but hey, at least no one is out to get you, no petty back stabbing and the goals laid out to get raises are attainable. Opportunity for advancement is there but not often enough. 

Corporate management, from the CEO to North American senior and regional management, is completely out of touch with the people who actually do the work at the local offices.  HR people can be good, but ultimately they get chewed up and spit out or they conform to the awful corporate culture.  Your local coworkers are generally great, but you're all subject to the soul-crushing idiocy of management.

Currently, the company is forcing employees to work 3 days in the office, even if your job can be done completely remotely.  This, of course, does not apply to managers.  They are threatening to track attendance by badge swipes to enforce this ridiculous policy.

A typical day at Landis+Gyr was like walking through a maze. You know where you want to go but are met with so many obstacles and red tape that when it is time to go home you are left wondering if the task would ever be complete.

There is so much leading edge technology at Landis+Gyr that it a great company to learn from providing someone is willing to share knowledge.

The management is filled with so many individuals trying to keep their jobs that honesty is a thing of the past.

My advice is that if you get a job with this company, use it as a stepping stone. Do not stay there... You will be sourly disappointed and under educated because so many people keep information so close to the vest in order not to be the one let go.

What is the best part of working at the company?
You are working at your own pace to make sure all meter related issues are resolved. Company vehicle and not having to pay for gas or vehicle maintenance to and from work.

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
Not much to stress about. You are expected to get your work finished daily and if you finish early you can then go meet up with others to help with maintenance of equipment and assist with bucket truck , barricade and flagging of traffic .

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
You work outside most of the time and only go to office for supplies or technical support with equipment.

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
Out in the field collecting meter data and looking for equipment failure issues .

After the recent lay-off, the moral has been dramatically reduced due the way it has been handled. People who find new job don't hesitate to leave the company because management thinks resources here are disposable. Instead of taking responsibility for the poor performance of the company, leadership seeks excuses to reduce force without concrete road map on how the organization can over turning the situation. (Please stop blaming COVID at this point) When a chess player loses a game, he/she wouldn't blame the chess board or chess pieces. Enough said.

What is the best part of working at the company?
Incredible amount of freedom to get the assigned tasks done on time

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
Very heavy workload. Long hours required to stay on top of the tasks

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
Autonomous, independence, somewhat disconnected from the main workflow of production of hardware

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
Early starts, long hours, frequent interruptions, little to no time for upfront planning or execution

You’ll be assigned a route everyday based on the meter reading cycle , after you run your computer script you’ll see where the day will take you , it’s an independent unsupervised position and it’s great if guy can manage your time. There’s some meters where it’s easy to get them back online and others you’ll attribute the failure to amr endpoint failure. It’s a fun rewarding position and after you finish up you can go help the Radio Frequency Technicians.

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