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I worked for SUEZ for about eight years.  The pay to begin was terrible, but I needed a job and figured if I worked hard, I could move up in the company.  WRONG!  SUEZ is like High School; if you're popular or French, you'll be promoted.  You could have a the education level of a Kindergartner (Some people there do), but if you're popular, and in the "IN CROWD," you'll be promoted.  If not, they will take advantage of you, work you like a dog and never give you a dime extra.  In addition, their work load dispersed amongst is very unfair .  One person will just gossip all day and another employee would have so much work that he doesn’t have time to use the bathroom or go to his sons baseball game.  It’s disgusting, I’m not sure how some people at that company sleep at night.  

 I worked like a dog for SUEZ; weekends, holidays, all night after hours, you name it, I was working.  dI did it to better my life and my family's life, thinking one day it would be recognized. Boy I couldn't have more wrong. 

Suez brags about their diversity and their zero tolerance for harassment and bullying, which couldn't be further from the truth. On a daily basis, I was harassed, discriminated against and ostracized; treated differently than any other member in my department, with my very Senior, VP level supervisor leading the herd and the Director of HR and Director of AP as his tag team, like WWF wrestling.  HR is not and will not be there to assist you, they just believe whatever your manager tells them and then its like a witch hunt after that. 
 I had lost some weight, because I was more comfortable in my own skin a couple of pounds lighter, but also because my supervisor and his tag team had made work so crazy and unbearable, I was stressed and when Im stressed I tend to lose weight.  Either way, HR mentioned in one of my "Review," meetings that a main component of why I was a bad employee was because  colleagues of mine, not friends, people that never took an interest to associate with me, were approaching HR because they were concerned about me because my hair was different, I was walking differently, dressing differently, and they implied I was too thin.  They also stated that my late night emails were incoherent, implying I was working while intoxicated.  To backup this accusation, my supervisor had printed out an email that I supposedly sent him.  Weird thing was, is that I did send him an email at 445AM (I used to go the gym before work, so I had to be up early) because I was not feeling well when my alarm went off and I needed to take some sick time, at least a couple hours to see if the naseu would subside.  Anyway while I was writing the email I was falling asleep because I was exhausted and had made a bunch of spelling and spacing mistakes.  Prior to sending, I had fallen asleep for maybe ten minutes and I woke back up, fixed the email errors and sent off the email.  The email he brought in as "Proof," was not the email I had sent, but actually my rough draft that had all the spelling and spacing errors.  I said to myself, how in the world did he get the email instead of the one I sent him?  Well, HR said that that was an obscure time to send an email, but then again, if I sent an email at 700AM, they would have said it was too last minute.  I couldn't win.  This happened again and again.  Id send an email with certain attachments, and by the time the recipient received it, different attachments were on the email, extra spelling mistakes in the body of the email, words I’d never use were inserting themselves in emails prior to a recipient receiving my original email.  Very weird.  

Another very big issue was the fact that someone was manipulating my files.  They were deleting excel sheets with formulas created to  pay vendors,  changing master copies of billing excel templates and inserting outdated information into many columns or rows.  So when I needed to use it everything was wrong and I had to start from scratch.  Work that used to take an hour, was literally taking days it was frustrating and time consuming.  Guess what my boss did, changed where we saved the files so only certain people had access, which was supposed to have already been the case.  All he did was add more confusion and the manipulation still continued.  When I’d ask IT for help and they'd give me the same BS answer.  Well then again, the IT group is the same group that took my computer from me to "Fix," and when it was done being "fixed," gave it back to me, but it wasn't my laptop.  My laptop had an accountants keyboard on it.  The laptop they gave back, was missing the additional numerical key pad on the right side of the key board.  They told me over and over again it was mine, but I knew it wasn't.  Not only was it different, files were missing, folders were missing, etc.  
Instead of a normal supervisor, my supervisor used this as an opportunity to fire me.  Stating bills to vendors were late.   Funny part was that I wasn't even supposed to be paying vendors.   Anyone know of someone in SCM that pays bills?  Also, I had no control over when vendors received actual payment.  Id do all the leg work to pay the vendor, but AP actually sent the ACH payment to the vendor.  Also, someone with access vendor term payments , would change the vendor terms and instead of being paid immediately, they would set it to 30 or 60 days, so payments would be late, then after the vendor was paid, change it back again.  I have it in writing that when a neutral party checked the payment status of a particular vendor, it was 30 days, then when the AP Director was called out on it, coincidentally the terms were changed back to zero days.  When I presented this to my boss, and the fact that AP hadn't paid a particular vendor in months, he ignored it.  Then months later, right before I was fired, gave my replacement props for realizing a vendor hadn't been paid for several months, and then asked AP to put a payment trace on it, when I had presented this information to him months earlier.  It was all a game though.  AP was withholding payment for several months from this vendor, so they could use the issue as leverage to fire me. 
The best was when my supervisor and HR told me I wasn’t completing assignments that my boss had given to me, stating I had not finished Standard Operating Procedures that he asked me to complete.  I indeed completed the task, with pictures and emailed them to my boss.  When the both of us met with HR he blatantly lied and said that I had not done the Standard Operating Procedures.  Actually the person he hired to replace me, which I had to train, used My Standard Operating Procedures for most of his content when tasked with the same assignment!  My boss and HR, had hired this person to “Help,” me, but the  person was not allowed to help me, my boss specifically stated that the person he hired wasn’t allowed to do many things,  all of which would have helped me.  In fact, all hiring this person did was bring my attention away from my work because I had to train him and introduce him to his new work environment.  HR and my supervisor told me that they were extending my review period for one month to give me another “Chance,” but really it was just to train my replacement, whom treated me like garbage because I’m quite certain my supervisor told him that he was replacing me because I was being terminated.  He had already told vendors this information so many of them cancelled in person meetings with me because it was a waste of time.
My boss took credit for negotiations and projects I had done work on.  I negotiated a deal with Verizon Wireless for this new deployment we were doing.  After I placed a lot of time and effort into the deployment, my boss just took me off the project, never told me, and I was to be left off all further communication. Wasn’t until two months later I heard someone reaping about the great job someone did on the iphone 11 deployment.  HAHA.  There is so much more, but I could go on all day.
My point being, HR & upper management, won't look into
 any claim or evidence that you may have to support yourself so save your breathe.  NO ONE will help you at this company. Everyone knew that this man not only ostracizing me, but was taking advantage of his power as a manager .He would often try and pit  e and my coworker against each other, like ha had done many times before, creating a hostile work environment.  HR, my colleagues, other Directors all saw what was going on and guess what, not one person opened their mouth to support me.
What this company has done to me and my family , the chaos and stress that they put us thru is unfathomable.  Like it wasn't bad enough that I was doing the job of three people, with nothing extra, my boss would blatantly not approve my recognition emails so I would be eligible to get a measly prize worth $100.00 bucks.  So at the end of the day, all those weekend, holidays, vacations that I worked, all of the endless nights I spent staying up working, was a waste of life.  

Funny part, I did get all of the ridiculous amount of work that was assigned to me completed, so the HR Director and my happy go lucky manager manipulated my "Review," form to make it look like I hadn't done a darn thing to help myself.  They legitimately changed the "Review," template and deleted a section of each action item I was requested to complete that acknowledged I got a majority of the work asked of me completed.  Then they verbally told me that this "New Review," was all or nothing, meaning that you completed everything one hundred red percent, and if you only completed 95 percent of what was asked, they had to check a box that acknowledged you had done nothing at all.
So, in the end, the stole 29 vacations days from me, told me I would receive severance in my termination meeting since I’d been there the better half of a decade.  LIE.  I GOT NOTHING.


Interview process was not very in depth. After starting however, I was set to a very in depth train in online about all safety regulations and standards involving everything I would be working with at the company. (I.e. I now know more about ladder safety than I would ever consider necessary). After Online training, you are tasked with shadowing (follow, watch and learn) a veteran employee. The veteran is responsible for giving in depth instruction on the operation of various machines used in the fabrication process. Some of the machines are an iron worker for punching holes into or shearing metal parts, a large metal cutting band saw, plastic cutting band saw, and a stationary sander. After a few days of shadowing, you are set to work with your trainer. During this time you are given hands on training on a wide assortment of hand and power tools as well as the machinery I just mentioned. You will also be in and our of trailers installing parts or at the tables assembling said parts. The culture looks similar to high school at first glance as their is a lot of trash talk and grown men joking around. In reality, the guys there got your back so long as you don't take their trash talk too seriously and you actually work, pay attention and try to learn. You're not going to understand nearly anything about the job at first, it can get confusing, but everybody understands that. They will tease you though. Just talk trash back, respectfully. Some of the best people Ive ever worked with. Management on the other hand is quite disrespectful. Just do your job to the best if tour ability and ignore management if you can. Of they give you any trouble (that you didn't earn), tell them off. You won't be fired for it. Pay is pretty good, not then best but certainly above average. Great benefits and plenty of PTO. 10 sick days, 10 vacation days, and 5 personal business + 1 floating holiday. All federal holidays are paid time off. Travel optional with per diem. Management will work with you when its comes to PTO. Overall great place to work just don't expect much from management.

What is the best part of working at the company?
Safety focus on employees and independent work depending on department 

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
Management is a huge joke, they don’t know their employees strengths or skills.  Most just pretend they know what they are doing. Lots of micromanaging.  Managers won’t hear you out about work situations and especially if a new hire or colleague isn’t going to work out for position.  Lots of finger pointing when there’s a mistake.  Ridiculous call in sick policy.  No actual training SOP files so most training is knowledge passed from colleagues who have been there for years.  Huge joke when auditors visit, most things that the company doesn’t have up to date is hush hush. 

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
Employees who have been there for years have who know you’ll be a good team member will help you out.  Easy going when management isn’t micromanaging your work.  Most employees who have been there for years are just there to retire.  Mostly male dominate, not as lgbtq friendly.  Lots of gossip behind backs of lgbtq. 

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
Depending.  Regular day when management is out of office, or hiding in their offices, work goes by smooth no issues.  You’ll get lots done. When management is on the floor lots of ridiculous micromanagement that isn’t related to work. Tedious nitpicking.

The moment I walked through the front door, I always debated which of the multiple deadlines I had to finish first before I even thought about grabbing coffee. 
Luckily, other technicians taught me very well about the daily processes; however my enthusiasm and lack of sleep provided efficiency to barely keep up with the daily work load. 
Management wants the customers' priorities finished first, no questions asked. Every technician can collaboratively assist with the departments requests to make the testing run as smooth as possible to ensure our clients were operating at peak capabilities. 
The best part, is having your own department lab to process, you control the work flow if you know how to handle 10-15+ routine activities to meet productivity. Hardest function, interpreting representative information from the field. 

From my perspective, the most enjoyable part I looked forward to was learning new skills. Having the engineers/PHDs explain the complexities that occur within various molecular structures; which attribute to the overall assessment of our analytical understanding.
Everyone has a great work ethic with a high integrity to support the environment from helping businesses control their pollution and resource input. Truly a great company to work with, yet an individual can only sacrifice so much until you finally cut your losses.

The juice was once worth the squeeze, however they love to add "one more little thing" to your schedule or your daily routine without adequate compensation.  The room for advancement is none, they will pick who goes through specialized training, after said training, will offer no additional pay for experience.  Offering per deim is a plus, however $32 per day is almost insulting, that is well below the states bottom rate.  Forget calling in sick if you work out of town, your going to work regardless.  Suez does offer PTO which is great, some employees seem to accumulate it quicker than others, which I find odd. 
This used to be a great company to work for, and with some small changes it still can be.  The pay rate is behind, and hasn't really changed much in 15 years.  This may be why it's so hard keeping the good employees, and finding new "good" candidates.  
Everyone who has left this company, (including myself) has at one time tried to talk to upper management about wages and workload.  Everyone who has this conversation with them is met with excuses every single time.



My experience comes from working in the lab. I held a lower end position as lab technician. There is plenty of work to do, but management isn't overbearing. So long as progress occurs on projects, schedules can be flexible such as arriving and leaving when you want in a reasonable time frame. There's plenty of freedom with the type of position I held, and trust is placed in the hands of the employees to complete work in a timely manner. Volunteer, cultural, and fun events happened multiple times a year, such as community day, African american heritage, and happy hours. One thing I wish the company had, is a more defined career development program. A large portion of employees in the lab have been with the company for many years and paints a picture to new employees that promotions and career development is a very lengthy and arduous process. The company supports learning opportunities, and travel to relevant seminars. There is definitely a disconnect between those working in the lab vs the field vs in the business side, which is mostly due to the nature of work being done in each area.

The Bellevue office functions primarily in the design arena of water treatment facilities throughout the world. I thoroughly enjoyed working there as the employees were creative, focused and agile. Working with this caliber of people was impressive in that they were motivated with an eye to excellence. That's hard to find these days, so I was grateful for the opportunity to collaborate interdepartmentally, and learned much.  Unfortunately, GE has decided to sell its entire Water division, so the future is unforeseen. 
Perhaps this is best for the company.  (The continuing struggle with Corporate GE was an exercise in futility in that corporate operates within the model of a manufacturing-based company, while the Bellevue office is projects-based. The cookie-cutter "one size fits all" approach simply does not function because water chemistry varies radically, each location requiring a unique design.)

Overall very unimpressed with this company. There's no real work direction from management and you're left to find work to do. Often times multiple people end up working on the same exact part of their overall project and waste time building the same part twice. The floor supervisor randomly will come out and pull you from the project management is pushing, then yell at you for not working on the project you were pulled off of. Supervisors also have a habit of not communicating when they've moved building materials, and proceed to blame the team members for "losing parts." The company advertises that you will receive a $3-$4 pay raise when you get hired on after your probation period, but refrain from telling you that that period of time will last 1-2 years until after you get brought on as a temp employee. Not worth pursuing for the amount of work and high school level drama you deal with.

When I first started this had been an enjoyable place to work. Now they've gotten to big for there britches. We're understaffed, over worked, stressed. There's a lack of competent leadership, employees are left waiting days or weeks for answers, if they even get an answer. There's a lack of communication between management and it's employees about work being done, notices being sent out or posted. There's definitely issues with the company getting things completed, and that impacts our jobs and our ability to serve our customers. The companies answer to everything is to outsource the job. The pay is ok, there are a lot of us that have second jobs. They have eliminated the pension for new employees, replacing it with an enhanced 401k. They have also eliminated lifetime medical benefits. For those of us still with a pension, we are now capped, long before retirement eligibility. Our medical benefits are decent, I don't have any complaints.

I was at this company for 2.5 years, counting an initial year as a consultant. I made things happen and was 'rewarded' with an FTE spot - during a hiring freeze. At first things were great, I continued to make things happen and felt I had a good rapport with my boss. Then, over my last 3 months things went severely downhill. My division had changed bosses, and I think the new leader was very focused on costs, and eventually I was told that I was being laid off *not* due to performace (this was stressed over and over) but due to a merger, and "resource realignment". The severance package was decent though not amazing due to my lack of tenure. Overall extremely stressful and seemingly arbitrary. Seems like a really good place *if* you have the right boss, a nightmare if (as I did) you have the wrong one.

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