Mazda North American Operations Reviews

Former Employee – worked at Mazda North American Operations full-time for more than 3 years

Pros – -great car benefits
-conveniently located
-friendly environment

Cons – -no training for new employees
-HR department is more of a hinderance than a help
-old building
-not enough parking

Advice to Senior Management – Give employees chance to review their managers to identify poor leadership within the company.

– I'm not optimistic about the outlook for this company

Current Employee – been working at Mazda North American Operations

Pros – Great Benifits, Family to work - 8 and out

Cons – Zero Training. HR is in California and does not participate AT ALL in Flat Rock unless they have to.

Advice to Senior Management – Engage more with the employees and try not to be so arrogant

Current Employee – been working at Mazda North American Operations

Pros – Very collegial place to work, with a real sense of mission. Lots of fun times there. Some excellent VP/C level managers who really know the industry and help people move around and broaden skills.

Cons – HR is horrible. They look for excuses to let people go, and encourage people to leave the company rather than try to work with them on their careers (I left for a better job elsewhere, was not broomed).

Pay not comensurate with California real estate prices, or rest of industry.

Advice to Senior Management – Restructure your HR team. Remember, they are there to fulfill payroll and benefits. They have no strategic function.

Former Employee – worked at Mazda North American Operations full-time for more than 10 years

Pros – They offer Flex time and a Wellness benefit.

Cons – Very poor management out of Irvine.

Advice to Senior Management – Don't tell your employees they have a job and then a month later offer everybody a buyout package. Better planning on important decisions might be a good idea.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend – I'm not optimistic about the outlook for this company

Current Employee – been working at Mazda North American Operations

Pros – There's decent opportunity for advancement, though with little training. Company car policy is good, oftenwith special deals on certain model lines

Cons – HR department has peculiar policies. Re-organizations every two years make it difficult to be competent in your assignment. Pay is just average

Advice to Senior Management – Allow employees to become proficient in their area before transferring to other assignments. Increase pay to be better in line with other top competitors

Current Employee – been working at Mazda North American Operations

Pros – The people are really great and first class from immediate supervisor to peers. Some flexibility in work schedule. Great benefits from holidays to vacation to med/dental to vehicle benefits.

Cons – Required to work weekends without compensation. Little employee development. At times, a sense of unwillingness to listen to dissenting opinions if not in line with managements point of view.

Advice to Senior Management – Transparency from the top is given only lip service.