Chrysler Reviews in Detroit, MI Area

Pros

Chrysler is very strong with strong products and healthy balance sheet. The merger with Fiat will help them expand there brand and gain economies of scale.

Cons

If you come in as a contractor be prepared to wait. It will take several years before they will convert you. The only option is to look for another position either inside or outside chrysler.

Pros

Encouraging and energetic work environment/culture, excellent networking opportunities, creative and hardworking employees, an atmosphere that encourages continuous improvements, multiple brands to work with (each with their own personality), opportunities to grow with the company, ability to work with multiple departments, a diverse workforce, available resources, pay and benefits

Cons

Large age gap between Senior Management and salary employees, corporate beauracracy, inpersonal (large company, people often get overlooked due to the amount of employees), tarnish brand reputation due to bankruptcy

Advice to Senior Management

Pay forward employee appreciation and recognition, build a more personal relationship (while remaining professional, keep an open door, meet with staff regularly to ensure fluidity.

Pros

Lots of resources and large facility
Interesting work
Decent pay

Cons

Too many people in one place
Too hierarchal - many people think they are so-called better than others until they leave the building after work, then return to nobodys
Parking is a nightmare
Too diverse a workforce - english is becoming a second language (and it's butchered there currently)
Management needs to start actually doing things and stop reading emails only

Advice to Senior Management

Get off your chair and do some physical activity - email is only as accurate as the person who wrote it.

Pros

Talented employees - able to do what it takes to get the job done.
Exciting products
Great facility

Cons

Lost much of their talent
New leadership main focus seems to be work is number one at all cost with little appreciation for a job well done.

Advice to Senior Management

Empower employees to have a larger role in decisions. Improve opportunities for upward movement, more responsibility, etc...

Pros

Interesting work
employee car program
great benefits
time off

Cons

There are some incompetent employees but that is also true within any company

Advice to Senior Management

I am satisfied overall with my job and I am very grateful to work somewhere as upbeat and enjoyable as Chrysler.

Pros

tons of autonomy - as much as you can handle.

Cons

work environment is totally disorganized. responsibilities are not well understood between groups.

Advice to Senior Management

start with communicating responsibilities!

Pros

Large enough for wide range of opportunites. Samll enough to get things done

Cons

Work life balance is difficult

Advice to Senior Management

Retension of the best

Pros

Family type environment, lots of lifelong friends interesting work if you are a car person.

Cons

Work balance not even betwen corporate expectations and real life at a plant

Advice to Senior Management

Favortism is too obvious, balance and equal opportunitiies for all is not happening.

Pros

positive work environment, opportunity for advancements

Cons

long hours, some weekends worked

Pros

Cool jeep brand. Great HQ bldg in Auburn Hills. Cool people and informal working atmosphere. Good bonuses when times are good. Strong focus now on improving the products.

Cons

Chaos of the Fiat management style now that the companies are merged. Seems like weekend work is expected. Too many rapid changes and changes in direction to maintain steady long term growth. Lack of established processes.

Advice to Senior Management

Offer development opportunities to employees allowing them to rotate and move every 24-36 months. Define a goal based incentive comp plan that goes well below just the executive level.