Renault Reviews in France

Former Employee – worked at Renault full-time for less than a year

Pros – International presence and good internal mobility allows you to work in different areas of the company.

Cons – The company is growing up in the international area but is passing by difficult times in France.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm not optimistic about the outlook for this company

Former Employee – worked at Renault as an intern for less than a year

Pros – Good working environment, excellent lab conditions, helpful colleagues, boss is sympathetic, lots of professional training , work-life balance (in France you have a lot of vacance)

Cons – A conservative French enterprise, too many meetings, employees were not very good at speaking English, don't like the food in cafeteria,

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

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

Pros – Multicultural, dynamic, lots of international opportunities

Cons – Poor empowerment, no raise in salaries, difficult industry

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm not optimistic about the outlook for this company

Former Employee – worked at Renault full-time for more than a year

Pros – The company has innovative programs with an interesting working dynamic. Liberty and entrepreneurship are present in the Electric Vehicle program, where I developed my activities.

Cons – Some employees are not flexible and very attached to standard procedures, reducing the innovation capacity of the company. As any big industry, inertia and procedures may reduce the dynamic needed to innovate constantly to face competition.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm not optimistic about the outlook for this company

Current Employee – been working at Renault full-time for more than 8 years

Pros – - internal position evolution every 3 years (possibility to make strong career change internally)
- high diversity of international projects
- lots of autonomy and responsability
- lots of interaction with Nissan
- strong international network

Cons – - managers who are not real managers
- top management not showing the example when restrictions are requested
- low salary increase
- industry in crisis

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at Renault full-time for more than 7 years

Pros – Big Company, wide career opportunities, international experience

Cons – Crisis since 2008 : no hiring, difficulty in moving inside the company, low salary increase, low recognition of work efforts...

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm not optimistic about the outlook for this company

Current Employee – been working at Renault

Pros – good team salaries ambiance accessibilty

Cons – to much stress and a lot of work

Advice to Senior Management – i propose total quality management

Current Employee – been working at Renault

Pros – Stable not hard job. Stable but slow salary and career growth. Easy to combine with personal life and interests. No stress.

Cons – Difficult to change the way things are done, many barriers. Slow salary and career growth. Very huge intermediate management. A lot of people to think, few people to do. Underpaid in comparison with other CAC 40.

Advice to Senior Management – Many intermediate managers to think, few operational managers to do. No discipline in management, everybody do what he wants. No clear product or operational strategy.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at Renault

Pros – You are surrounded by passionate people. You can change your job every 3 years and discover new fields. You can work on some of the most exciting projects in the automotive sector right now: Electric vehicle and Low-cost products.

Cons – Human resources management is known to be very weak. Dont expect your bonus and salary to match your performance. The last year I worked for Renault, my performance level was ranked as "outstanding" (2% of the employees get this rating) and my salary increase was 3% (below the average level of the company).

Advice to Senior Management – The human resources department still reflects Renault's past as a state owned company. Now is the time to reform it. Its poor performance is a major weakness for the company.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at Renault

Pros – International operations. Changing environment. 5 weeks off. Constant challenges. A lot of projects going on. Very passionate people in design and engineering department. Carlos Ghons starts to change the company.

Cons – Very complex hierarchy. Employees required to stay at least 3 years at the same position. It's quite difficult to move from for example IT to commercial department. Still very French company despite international operations. Constant budget reductions. In many departments you are obliged to take 4 out 5 weekd of holiday in August when factories are closed. Plenty of privileges had been cut in recent years (cars allowance, mobile phones etc).

Advice to Senior Management – Do not be scared to fire people. The company is over crowded