Bombardier Transportation Reviews

Pros

The work hours are relatively flexible. The pay is decent. The environment is relatively laid-back and rarely stressful. People appreciate the work you do.

Cons

Management is more about buzzwords than efficiency. A lot of employees are either unqualified or incompetent at their work. HR is possibly the most corrupt and inefficient division of the company.

Advice to Senior Management

Sort out HR.

Pros

good colleagues and co-workers, nice location

Cons

no decision making in management

Advice to Senior Management

grow some balls and incooperate middle management

Pros

Bombardier cares a lot about its employees as it is one of the main drivers of all projects. People are friendly and helpful towards each other. There are many opportunities to gain experience in projects abroad, if you show your capabilities.

Cons

Transparency is sometimes low, especially in Human Resources. Also the leadership sometimes comes over as a bit conservative and old fashioned.

Advice to Senior Management

Be even more open to new ideas, focus on harmonization between the different divisions to find synergies on general concepts and methods.

Pros

Great group of peers to work with for the most part.

Cons

New Managment personnel moves have not worked out well.
Tools required to do your job well are not provided.
Work/Life balance is great for some and horrible for others - work load is not distributed well.

Pros

Challanging & interesting work that makes the world a better place!

Cons

Cumbersome systems and procedures typical of large engineering groups.

Pros

Opportunities to move within the organisation are very good. People general try very hard to good work and usually succeed.

Cons

Sometimes bureaucratic which can be very frustrating at times. Working the personal network will generally be helpful in getting things done.

Pros

Great people and a friendly secure environment. Never a problem scheduling time off or changing hours for family or personal reasons.

Cons

Work can feel trivial, and slow at times. If you're someone who thrives on a fast-paced manufacturing environment, this isn't it.

Advice to Senior Management

Keep up the good work. Middle managers need to work on growth and feedback to employees. Need to work on succession plans for employees on career tracks.

Pros

The world leader in the railroad industry gives a good chance for people willing to perform and ready to work abroad. The flexibel culture gives good oportunity to develop the owen business skills and strength.

Cons

The payment is not uptodate compared with the very limited availability of people working in this job. Difficult to avoid overtime (overtime is paid).

Advice to Senior Management

Go on, but think about workload and salaries.

Pros

The company has good benefits and provides access to a reasonable amount of training. There is a cafeteria on site.

Cons

This company is very political. Managers are promoted based on who they know. Old technology. Discriminates against women and blacks. Nepotism is rampant. Very negative place.

Advice to Senior Management

Executive management in Europe needs to clean house and bring in a brand new management team. This place is beyond hope.

Pros

Easy to change job and opportunities await for you if you're willingly to relocate. Project nature of the business imply downsides.

Cons

People competency is more on the hardcore engineering. Leadership and other skills are not truly valued. Networked company, engineered centered and low space for imagination or experimentation. can be frustrating if you expect your idea on how to do new things to be accepted easily

Advice to Senior Management

Value more the aspects as innovation, new approach and change. Lean the bureaucracy. Empower employees and listen to them accordingly.