Bosch Reviews

Pros

working as i do one of the perks is regularity you know when your gonna work and what your doing at all times the job doesnt change and you arent expected to do things outside of your job description.

Cons

there aren't allot of option for growth unless you want to risk your skin literally with burns or have the chance to crush yourself on a daily basis. the monotony can be rather bothersome as you have the smae underlying noise running through your ears and even if you have ear plugs in you are just stuck with silence for 12 hours. if we were allowed to place one earphone in connected to an mp3 or soemthing the job wouldnt be as taxing.... ive seen people get really agitated and agravated if we had some sort of thing to break up the drone it would be more bearable...but we cant cause its againts the current rules because a few people ruined it for everyone.

Advice to Senior Management

if we were allowed to place one earphone in connected to an mp3 or soemthing the job wouldnt be as taxing.... ive seen people get really agitated and agravated if we had some sort of thing to break up the drone it would be more bearable...

Pros

The courtesy and consideration of co-workers makes the environment desirable and goals achievable. Thankful to be part of it.

Cons

Downsizing within the past few years, associates have extended responsibilities and not enough opportunity to complete tasks in timely manner.

Advice to Senior Management

Open the door for more new hires; allowing current associates to focus fully on job description.

Pros

Financially stable company; good benefits

Cons

Horrible opinion of people by management - people are literally just a number; replaceable at any time.

If you are looking to be thrust into processes and procedures, Bosch is your company. If you want to provide your customers with value and a good experience, find something else.

If there is a plan, Bosch will follow it blindly and without common sense. Flexibility is not in their vocabulary.

Advice to Senior Management

Seriously consider the time spent on internal presentations, justifications, procedures, etc versus the time spent on the marketplace and customers - there is significant misbalance. In Bosch's eyes, the world revolves around Bosch; however, that doesn't work in North America.

Pros

Bosch is a large company with multiple divisions, which means changing from a sales organization to a business unit, for example, can make a big difference.

The structure changes almost yearly, so if you don't like your current situation, just be patient!

They are very balanced with home/work situations, time off, etc.

They grow through acquisition, so new opportunities are always around the corner.

Cons

In order to get promoted, one is usually best to get a broader knowledge of the company, by changing careers inside the company. They want to make employees more valuable to them by make sure they know more about the company, but are worried about employees becoming "too good" in their field, which might make them more valuable outside the company.

If you eat, sleep and drink Bosch, you can succeed here. After all, we are all lucky to work under the name Bosch. It is almost a religion. Managers are assigned positions and personal initiative is almost frowned on because it gets in the way of the org chart they've already created.

As others have said, if you aren't German, good luck moving up the ladder.

Bosch is too structured. They have no room for flexibility and do not believe in empowerment or trust of employees.

Advice to Senior Management

When you acquire a new company, make sure you know the strengths and education of your new employees. Choose people to lead who know what the rest of the world is doing. Reward employees who are willing to stick their necks out and challenge the status quo.

Pros

Work life balance
Low pressure
Good teamwork

Cons

Mgmt has limited knowledge of US market
Products are average

Advice to Senior Management

Take more ideas from local employees

Pros

Multinational company, respects the employees, able to develop and travel, doing good work for the civilization, people are kind and helpful

Cons

relatively low salaries, not possible to promote even if one deserves it, usually people are respected more if they have some germany in their background

Advice to Senior Management

they have hardcore bureaucracy which really slows things down.

Pros

work culture is good
and u can enjoy personal life

Cons

salary is not upto the standards

Advice to Senior Management

salary is not up to the market standards

Pros

Long-term perspective and life quality, product quality above market standards - - - - - - - - - -

Cons

Not well paid, few oportunities in the short term and no clear senior management communication - - - - -

Advice to Senior Management

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Pros

normal engineering job, hours are not bad. International travel is common place

Cons

advancement is not very fair or based on results. Need to be in the right place at the right time or a promotion. Pay is below expectations. Raises are very minimal.

Advice to Senior Management

promote more hard working and competent people. develop engineers that are more qualified for the positions that are in. more technical training

Pros

I couldn't find any reason to work in Bosch except its well know brand name, but they really concentrate on to develope the best product in the world. it might be a good reason to be a part of Bosch after product is in the market.

Cons

They don't treat their employee equally between their own German citizen and other countries employees. They don't like to share any information with you. they asked to get all information from you but they don't provide anything back to you. they always keep their opinion any decision as secret.

Advice to Senior Management

More fairness for US workers