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    Work/Life balance
    3.2(48 ratings)
    Career development
    2.8(48 ratings)
    Benefits & perks
    3.2(48 ratings)
    Management
    2.7(48 ratings)
    Working environment
    3.2(48 ratings)
    Diversity & equal opportunity
    3.2(48 ratings)
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    1.0
    Storeperson
    Sep 2025
    Kemps Creek NSW 2178Less than 1 year in the role, former employee
    I will not recommend this company to anyone is too much stress no life valance
    The good thingsClean Warehouse nice place and Supportive Supervisor nice person.
    The challengesOther Stormans can't see a female do better them causing a lot of issues for other they feel jealous the manager has preferences for some individual that all day didn't do anything lazy people management should be changed to be a better place fresh Ideas still doing ways from 2000.
    2 people found this helpful
    2.0
    Storeperson
    Mar 2025
    Kemps Creek NSW 21781 to 2 years in the role, former employee
    Stagnant workplace with no real growth opportunities.
    The good thingsFacilities are nice and clean.
    The challengesStagnant workplace with no real growth opportunities. The systems are outdated, and management is resistant to change or new ideas. You get paid monthly, but that’s about the only predictable thing here. There’s little room for career advancement, and the overall environment feels stuck in the past.
    3 people found this helpful
    5.0
    State Sales Manager
    Sep 2024
    All Adelaide SAcurrent employee
    Great company to work for. Any role has some challenges but I want to come to work each day - to me that is a great company.
    The good thingsGreat team, High quality products, being involved in amazing projects that benefit so many.
    The challengesLike any business or role there are things we love doing and things we 'need' to do.
    5.0
    Service Manager
    Sep 2023
    Townsville QLD 48101 to 2 years in the role, current employee
    Fantastic business with exciting development. Open communication from leadership team and family friendly environment.
    The good thingsGreat team mates. Leadership support.
    The challengesThe current market of supply and demand.
    5.0
    Employee
    Feb 2023
    Work life balance is great. Better working conditions than most company out there.
    The good thingsGood pay, flexible working conditions are great plus hybrid work arrangement for some departments.
    The challengesThe only challenge is to self upgrade your skills. Slight room for career advancement but overall a good company to work in.
    5.0
    Procurement Specialist - Direct
    Nov 2022
    Less than 1 year in the role, former employee
    Enjoyable !!!
    The good thingsFlexible work arrangements. Strong focus on employee engagement and opportunities for advancement. Strong Leadership Diversity.
    The challengesNo real challenges as Xylem provided the necessary equipment and support to carry out my job function.
    1.0
    Department Manager
    Oct 2022
    Less than 1 year in the role, former employee
    Happy to leave before my probation was up.
    The good thingsBasically top tier products, with great potential, products walk out the door
    The challengesOutdated or non-existent systems, no appetite for change or improvement. Sales meetings have category for 'Tool of the week', and some even nominate themselves - In this day and age???. Management have no empathy and company values not adhered to by middle managers
    4 people found this helpful
    1.0
    stores
    Oct 2022
    Toxic and fake environment Management out of touch with floor staff leftist leaning woke attitude
    The good thingsGetting out of there
    The challengesmanagement has no value of staff abilities
    5 people found this helpful
    4.0
    Order Management Specialist
    Apr 2022
    3 to 4 years in the role, former employee
    Amazing company to work for also challenging and rewarding
    The good thingsThe people. Really wonderful colleagues and a great working environment. Watermark - Xylems volunteer program Amazing customers - a pleasure to work with.
    The challengesThe processes to get the job done - challenging and time consuming at time.
    4.0
    Procurement Specialist
    Mar 2022
    1 to 2 years in the role, former employee
    I'd a great experience working for Xylem with an amazing boss and incredible teammates. Highly recommend Xylem!
    The good thingsClear defined goals & good working & supportive environment are some of the pros of working at Xylem. Xylem walks the talk with regards to sustainability by organising watermark events. One on one catch-up with my manager was so insightful with honest feedback and charting out future career development.
    The challengesERP Systems used are still a bit archaic. However there's a constant push for CI in ever domain and there's a plan for an upgrade.
    2 people found this helpful
    1.0
    Service Technician
    Jan 2022
    Less than 1 year in the role, former employee
    Regret transferring
    The good thingsGetting out of there
    The challengesAvoiding service management
    5 people found this helpful
    3.0
    Product Management / Technical Specialist
    Feb 2021
    11 to 12 years in the role
    Can be a difficult place to operate in, but if you can separate yourself from this it can be rewarding.
    The good thingsSalary package. flexibility with working from home. There are some good people. Good product offering.
    The challengesCompany structure can make working effectively difficult. Culture is toxic and fake. Technical ability is not recognised and undervalued. Management don't always see what they really need - if its not in a spreadsheet.
    6 people found this helpful
    1.0
    Service Coordinator
    Sep 2020
    Would not recommend working here, very hostile environment
    The good thingsGreat service techs
    The challengesHorrible management with anger management
    6 people found this helpful
    2.0
    Financial Analyst
    Mar 2020
    Less than 1 year in the role, current employee
    Please dont join the FP&A team!
    The good thingsIt is at a good location with parking availability all the time.
    The challengesHighly stressful environment with no growth opportunity in Finance.
    3 people found this helpful
    3.0
    Finance Role
    Mar 2020
    former employee
    Good and challenging but time for a change
    The good thingsGreat team culture and plenty of work life balance
    The challengesWorkload is overloaded at times, personal things seem to get in the way with staff and can be quite difficult to deal with
    4 people found this helpful
    4.0
    Sales Role
    Jan 2020
    I enjoy working here, its fast paced, stressful at times but very rewarding both personally and financially.
    The good thingsFantastic product range, supportive management, local employees are knowledgeable and willing to lend a hand when needed. Left to get on with the role without being micro managed.
    The challengesProduct range is huge so learning it is a chunk at a time. Slow to react to changing technology environment.
    2 people found this helpful
    3.0
    Workshop Technician
    Dec 2019
    former employee
    Waste of my time
    The good thingsThe products and people on workshop floor were the best things.
    The challengesBranch management and leadership non existent. Micromanagement and constant criticism of employees.
    4 people found this helpful
    3.0
    Not required
    Nov 2019
    Every day was another challenge
    The good thingsLunch bar down the road
    The challengesNo support when required in most areas
    3 people found this helpful
    3.0
    Sales Role
    Nov 2019
    5 to 6 years in the role, current employee
    Plenty of Potential
    The good thingsA product that walks out the door ... A select group of really competent & dedicated staff
    The challengesInsipid leadership locally ... departmentalised org structure has delivered a 'Its not my job' mindset ... Unwillingness to invest within Mining geographies, however strong desire to reap revenue streams from these locations, following branch closures
    4 people found this helpful
    3.0
    External Sales Engineer
    Nov 2019
    Less than 1 year in the role, former employee
    Was a lesson I suppose
    The good thingsI enjoyed the work and the travel aspect as well as spending time with the country side of Australia during my mine site visits
    The challengesManagement is a mess and can be seen in the high turnover of staff
    4 people found this helpful
    5.0
    Applications Engineer
    Nov 2019
    1 to 2 years in the role, former employee
    Technically challenging with allot to offer junior engineers in terms of learning.
    The good thingsXylem has various respected industry leading brands inclusive in their portfolio. Therefore plenty of opportunities to learn new products, applications and work on different problems to solve are presented. Xylem is where I really \"cut my teeth\" professionally with pumping systems and hydraulics. The applications and product management teams are great, offered mentorship on numerous occasions and generally could not ask for a better team. Factory training provided exposure to global engineering and cutting edge manufacturing technology from within the Xylem group - this greatly accelerated learning and product confidence.
    The challengesTraining senior staff while technically being a junior engineer is quite daunting. Some sales staff were employed with little engineering aptitude and made it difficult to work with on occasion. The applications engineering team and projects teams are small and offer limited job opportunities. Left to pursue an product development role for another multinational mining equipment manufacturer.
    2.0
    Service Coordinator
    Oct 2019
    Less than 1 year in the role, former employee
    Would not recommend working for Xylem due to the poor management, support and basic communication on day to day tasks.
    The good thingsThe service department was amazing, the floor staff are among the most kind and understanding people I have ever and could have ever worked with and met
    The challengesThe lack of support from management, the lack of understanding to the complexities of the role and the utmost disrespect for temp to perm staff is appalling.
    2 people found this helpful
    5.0
    Storeperson
    Sep 2019
    Less than 1 year in the role, former employee
    ... words go here
    The good thingsGreat people to work with!
    The challenges... words go here and then more words
    3.0
    Team Leader
    Sep 2019
    1 to 2 years in the role, former employee
    Good place for flexible work place but not much opportunity for further growth
    The good thingsFlexible working hours
    The challengesChallenges: work with out any structural engineering and procedures Difficulty:Not right people in right place
    5.0
    Applications Engineer
    Jul 2019
    1 to 2 years in the role, former employee
    Great place to learn develop knowledge and bond with good people
    The good thingsXylem has good products and knowledgeable people that are always keen to help. There is good training and mentoring programs also that will help you to understand more about the business. Work-life integration is part of many roles in the company. You can work from home or do flexible hours to figure out your daily needs. The environment is great as most of the peers and superiors get along very well. People are friendly and you can create friends outside office hours here.
    The challengesThe wide number of products the company has to provide can be a little overwhelming in the start. In addition, rapid career progression can be complicated because of the structure.
    5.0
    Internal Sales Representative
    Jul 2019
    current employee
    The best company I've worked with to date
    The good thingsGood work-life balance. Worked with an awesome team where everybody gets along really well and provide support when someone needs help. The boss / management also thinks of their employees' career progress, so you can be sure there is no career stagnation while in the company. Also all ears when you give suggestions / continuous improvement ideas. They are also generous in providing technical training / mentoring program, which were helpful when it comes to product familiarisation and as stepping stone for your next career move in the company.
    The challengesProduct familiarisation after moving into the company from a different industry.
    1.0
    Employee
    Jun 2019
    5 to 6 years in the role, current employee
    Poor management ,constantly micro managing employees
    The good thingsVery good pumps and other products
    The challengesNo direction from management ,just criticism to workers.
    3 people found this helpful
    3.0
    Regional BDM
    May 2019
    1 to 2 years in the role, former employee
    It promised so much but didn’t work out for me. Perhaps if it wrong timing or the wrong department.
    The good thingsWorking on a multinational company was a great experience. Xylem Watermark is an excellent corporate initiative that helps many people in developing counties.
    The challengesHard dealing with corporate politics. Sales, rental and service departments not working particularly well together.
    3 people found this helpful
    4.0
    Storeperson
    May 2019
    All AustraliaLess than 1 year in the role, former employee
    Great team and job
    The good thingsGreat workmates and job
    The challengesLack of hours so little chance of increased pay
    1.0
    Service Supervisor
    Apr 2019
    1 to 2 years in the role, former employee
    Started off really good and went bad extremely quickly with company restructure
    The good thingsGreat team to work with
    The challengesmanagement restructure of existing business and redundancies of employees Employment freeze for replacement/ new employees
    1 person found this helpful
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