Continental AG Reviews

Current Employee – been working at Continental AG

Pros – nice work culture and enjoyed working there.

Cons – no cons. overall positive review.

Former Employee – worked at Continental AG as a contractor for more than 7 years

Pros – Powerful, worldwide company with obvious influence. They can make the correct business moves to acquire contracts and move forward quickly.

Cons – Heartless and non-responsive concerning dental insurance issues. Unless they are "legally" required to reply, you are left in the dark with no response. An obvious "we don't care" attitude.

Advice to Senior Management – "Treat all people as you wish to be treated yourself"...Unless you thrive on disappointment and low integrity.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at Continental AG full-time for more than 8 years

Pros – Excellent communication between peers. Excellent benefits.

Cons – Difficult to advance between departments. Being an automotive group you are vulnerable to down turns in the market.

Advice to Senior Management – Better support to employee groups.

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

Current Employee – been working at Continental AG full-time for more than a year

Pros – Freedom to act
Global
Learning and development opportunities

Cons – The level of stress is higher than the industry of similar size
Work life balance
Salary

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

Former Employee – worked at Continental AG as an intern for more than a year

Pros – Voted one of thetop ten best companies to work for in the Charlotte metro area for the last few years.
Good compensation, especially when both company and individual yearly goals are met.
Teams cooperate well and act professionally.
New facility with recent expansion and upgrades.

Cons – Hi-performance expectations do not fit everyone.
Can be demanding, more so in some departments.
Limited training and development opportunities, but that is changing.

Advice to Senior Management – Watch the fine line between encouraging high performance and burning out employees.
Continue to develop training and professional development opportunites for employees.

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

Current Employee – been working at Continental AG as an intern for less than a year

Pros – No Hassles...need not be extremely technical oriented to get an Embedded Software Engineer job.
Emphasis on Code reusability.
Knowledge is everywhere, all are ready to help.
Amazing exposure to Practical Lab stuff and you get to work on the real thing!

Cons – Work life balance not so good.
Locations, in MI and Illinois, not favorable to youngsters, since no happening life.
Low on Salary

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at Continental AG full-time for more than 10 years

Pros – salary, benefits, bonus and good place to work

Cons – german company culture is tough

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

Current Employee – been working at Continental AG full-time for less than a year

Pros – It offers a safe and clean work environment on the new side. I don't know about the old side.

Cons – There seems to be a lack of communication between boss and employee. Not bad, but it could be better

Advice to Senior Management – There could be a better new hire training of position, not just going over benifits and safety, ect.

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

Current Employee – been working at Continental AG full-time for more than 10 years

Pros – - Fast Paced - never bored
- 401K match is good
- Overall benefits are decent
- HSA account and FSA accounts

Cons – - Everything is driven from Germany down.
- Monthly pay. Same as germany.
- High Stress
- Reduced benefits for 2013 (Higher deductible / higher Coinsurance)
- Below average pay compared to related industries (Unless you work in Germany)
- No awareness to local customs / traditions (ie monthly pay versus bi-weekly pay)

Advice to Senior Management – Continental is a worldwide corporation not just a German company. Be more flexible to local customs and traditions.

This company tends to use only German suppliers and solutions for almost everything regardless if a non German company does it cheaper or better.

Also Continental has a practice of relocating workers from foreign countries (Mexico, Brazil, etc...) to the facilities in the USA. In most cases this is a permanent relocation (permanent residence card) not temporary assignment. I don't believe most people would raise an eyebrow if the economy was strong but given that Continental is filling this high skilled, typical good paying jobs with foreign nationals is cause for concern in a bad economy. I've personally know 8 people in the last 4 years that have been relocated to the US from Mexico to fill engineering, finance, and supply chain positions. I find it hard to believe Continental was unable to find qualified Americans to fill those jobs which makes this all the more concerning.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at Continental AG full-time for more than 10 years

Pros – Pays well for the area as long as it is close and work conditions are not considered.

Cons – Does not pay as well for a larger area especially for the conditions.

Advice to Senior Management – Stop worrying about keeping the new people that are only going to be there for a little while anyway. Start worrying about the keeping the people that are going to stay for awhile and give them hope that some day they will not have to worry about being on Weekends or Rotating Shifts.