BorgWarner Reviews

Pros

Salaries are good
Work environment is good
People are great
Auburn Hills Buildings are beautiful

Cons

Long hours
More work than people to get it done
Not enough family friendly activities

Pros

Clear, well-kept facility. My department was insightful, I learned a lot from them.

Cons

The opportunity for promotion seemed non existent. I had an okay job, but it would have stayed that way.

Advice to Senior Management

Reward employees that do a really good job.

Pros

the people were great to work with.
I also enjoyed the work it was challenging and very rewarding

Cons

I wish there was more travel in my position, but in other positions there was much room to travel and grow.

Advice to Senior Management

I liked how it was very flat and that I got the chance to work with higher level employees. Some advice would be to continue that structure in many more facilities.

Pros

great benefits
insurance (incl. dental / vision / HRA)

Cons

too much management
too many meetings
tyring to do more with fewer employees

Advice to Senior Management

pay attention to all your employees, not only a select few

Pros

Competitive pay.
Flexible schedule, very fair with work/life balance.
Excellent opportunities to choose a department or interest and further that interest.
Friendly work environment.

Cons

Command structure can be somewhat confusing.
Unclear goals that change often.
Outdated equipment and aging products make production and quality goals difficult to achieve.
Poor front end planning means considerable "clean-up" work after the fact.

Advice to Senior Management

Figure out what your priorities are and really go after that instead of running around playing firefighter and I'd bet you get better results.

Pros

Current products are well situated for growth in Auto industry. They have a good mix of products that enhances mileage performance allowing continued growth.

Cons

Need to invest more in training employees in areas beyond their immediate job duties to prepare for future. Also more movement between divisions would increase the knowledge within the employee base.

Pros

Valuable information learned to help translate into your internship and later into a full time job.

Cons

Being an intern, sometimes your work is not a priority so there are instances of downtime before anyone helps.

Advice to Senior Management

Offer more feedback on how you think the intern is doing.

Pros

Industry leader in innovation. Top pay and benefits.

Cons

Plant closed due to becoming non-competitive. This could have been addressed years earlier by not having a management willing to capitulate to the union to maintain production.

Pros

Good salaries, benefits, and bonus opportunities
Technology leader
Very profitable company

Cons

Senior Management not always focused on Quality
Not enough open communication between plants outside of senior management

Advice to Senior Management

Drive consistency throughout plants - metrics, organizational structure, etc.

Pros

The benefits are comparable to other companies. Once you are "in" there are possibilities that might be explored but the proving process is long.

Cons

Management does not seem to like pro-active behaviors nor can they tolerate to hear bad news of any kind. They are extremely reactive to the latest problem and begin and end projects as the next problem arises. Most projects end up as window dressing to appease the customer with the latest complaint.

Advice to Senior Management

Get pro-active and fix your systems. That will go a great deal further than knee-jerking to every little problem that pops up. Stay the course and allow projects to complete.