Volvo Reviews

I worked at Volvo

Pros – interesting place to work for, people there are very kind and professional, knows their business and is leading the industry

Cons – lack some key variables such as communication between different departments, technology applied to manufacturing is high but low on supporting teams like logistics and transportations

Advice to Senior Management – could be more accessible in terms of communication and providing more cross departments supports, overall a very nice place to work for

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

I have been working at Volvo

Pros – Great medical and dental benefits and one of the last companies to offer cash pension plan.
Takes care of employees, does not lay off employees at the slightest whim and fancy.
Management supports your ideas and information flows freely between management and employees.
Personal business plan for employees - excellent way of stating actionable goals to achieve in a year and monitoring them.

Cons – Slowest decision making process and after spending countless weeks discussing it in "workshops".
Senior management lacks a backbone to take tough decisions.
Decisions made in Sweden sometime absolutely make no sense.

Advice to Senior Management – management in Sweden: There are awesome guys working in NA. Listen to them so that they feel that thier opinion is being heard.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

I worked at Volvo

Pros – Volvo's pay rate appears to more than competitive compared to other organizations. The management is quite competent and very personable, which is more than I can say for many companies. The work environment is relaxed and generally fun; certainly nothing you will dread going to every day.

Cons – At least in my area, there was no clear path to advancement. In many cases you would need to transfer to a different department or take a significantly different job to move to a higher level. If you are unwilling or unable to do this, you will potentially be waiting years for a position to open up.

Advice to Senior Management – Create more opportunities for employees to advance within the company

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

I have been working at Volvo

Pros – Great benefits and a great work life balance.

Cons – The company is so large that it often takes a long time to get things moving in the right direction and often there are multiple groups working on the same things without communication between those groups.

Advice to Senior Management – Break projects and objectives down into smaller pieces. Most projects I have seen here are started with many things that need to be done instead of do these 5 things and then move on in order to get to the end goal. What ends up happening is there is a lot of wasted time and effort and the results often end up being poorly implemented.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

I worked at Volvo full-time

Pros – Volvo core values and work life balance

Cons – too much time taken for making decisions

Advice to Senior Management – be more proactive

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

I have been working at Volvo full-time for more than 3 years

Pros – - Enspiring people
- A lot of attention goes to culture, environment and employee satisfaction
- A very big international company: working together with colleauges from all over the world
- Good opportunities for training

Cons – - A very big international company: a lot of processes and slow decision making

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

I have been working at Volvo

Pros – Good place to woirk and learn

Cons – working timings and no more

Advice to Senior Management – make flexible working timings for employee

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

I worked at Volvo as an intern for less than a year

Pros – Well structured and with clear responsibilities, peoples opinions are well respected by the organization. Dynamic, challenging, varied, global and fun.

Cons – Complicated, matrix-ed, cyclical and large,conservative

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

I worked at Volvo as a contractor for less than a year

Pros – Promote from within. Great advancement opportunity

Cons – Slow on making decisions, very top heavy

Advice to Senior Management – Listen to you subordinates, they have some great ideas

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

I have been working at Volvo full-time for more than 3 years

Pros – Growing up myself & good communication of all labels.....

Cons – Some salary scheme is not so good for tech labels........

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend