Delphi Reviews

Pros

Great place to grow - International opportunities

Cons

Some managers are still Autocratic.

Advice to Senior Management

Listen to employees. Get rid of managers who don't get it

Pros

Great technology company in the past.

Cons

Current decisions are very short term oriented.

Advice to Senior Management

Think about the future of the company.

Pros

Good company
Good Engineers as peers

Cons

Outdated technologies
Not compettive enough compared to competitors
will be out of business soon
Not understanding the strength and weekness to bid for new business
no respect to individuals

Advice to Senior Management

Work culture is stinking.. we need to completely throw out the current senior management team and start a fresh look and the growth of this place. clean the dirts quickly or you will be loosing the gems very soon

Pros

Great training. Developed global, international connections that are second to none. Deep problem solving culture. Strong process discipline. Leader in applying lean knowledge to enterprise business processes.

Cons

Very demanding due to automotive expectations. If you experience a customer issue, employees are expected to work full time (24x7) until the issue is resolved.

Advice to Senior Management

Continue to spend time with your employees and take a moment to thank them for their contributions. Many of them have committed significant time and made personal sacrifices to ensure that the job they are assigned gets completed and completed well.

Pros

salary was very competitive nationally

Cons

the hours were long and tough

Advice to Senior Management

delphi leadership can be more patient and listen to the problems of this operations in order to create a better working environment

Pros

Lots of hard working dedicated team members who are loyal

Cons

Don't appreciate those who have ridden out the storm with them--all they want is fresh young meat. Invest in your people

Advice to Senior Management

Stop paying consultants to tell you what your team already knows--stop nitpicking small things and reward all of the team not just the executives

Pros

Opportunities to innovate
Good career path
Chance to work on latest technologies
Travel and growth opportunities
decent human resources policies

Cons

pay could be better
sometimes senior mgt decisions seem to be in haste
local team sometimes not in line with global teams

Pros

Good Opportunity, Innovative Products, Global travel, Experienced Employees, Global footprint, Becoming more independent from GM. Good Divisional financial communication. Very Lean, allowing for better opportunities.

Cons

Dysfunctional processes, nonaligned cross-functional goals, poor development/HR support. Cross-functional communication poor. Too Lean in certain areas. Distant management employee relationships.

Advice to Senior Management

Spend 20% of your time in developing employees from the product / test level up. Make standard employees good engineering managers after 20 years. Make exceptional employees good executives in 10 years. Dismiss under performing employees.

Pros

large company, good reputation, lots of resources, management is very supportive when needed. engineering is very good as far as manufacturing engineering goes.

Cons

unionized plants for which labor costs are too high to operate. unable to shake the general motors culture. must be agressive in marketplace.

Pros

- Nice place to learn and keep up to technology trends if are willing to.
- Great people

Cons

- Average salaries (or just below average)
- To much fat in management
- Too process oriented.
- Too much paperwork