Robert Bosch LLC Reviews

Pros

- Job Security very high, even through hard times.
- Great opportunities for international assignments.
- Bosch makes long term investments and sticks with them.

Cons

- Extremely bureaucratic culture
- Extremely hierarchical culture
- Multi discipline is predicated on corporate level, but in reality it is very hard to shake off one's "title"
- Creativity is replaced by top-down protocols and orders
- The HR department has literally two left feet; honestly it feels they work against the associate.

Advice to Senior Management

I understand the benefits of standardization, but please understand that this does not come without drawbacks. This obsession with standardization has resulted in a very boring and rigid environment. Not to mention business ideas that do not make sense but are PUSHED because they are the "way things are done".
Stop just giving lip service to creativity and entrepreneurship; either embrace changes or just stop lying to the associates and accept the reality. Potential associates will then know in advance what they are getting into.

Pros

Professional organization that provide opportunity to learn

Cons

Promotion opportunity related to german as primary

Pros

If you are looking for stability its good , ita has a big company name linked with you . can look nice on resume ..

Cons

but no good pay and not much appreciation in terms of your work . overall not a good place for someone looking for career boost

Advice to Senior Management

should really get more in touch with the people at lower levels and the director should be allowed to be contacted

Pros

-Resources of a large international company
-More stable than competitors
-Good benefits
-Some people have been there for 20+ years

Cons

-Work/life balance suffers in certain departments/divisions (12 hour days and working until midnight is not uncommon)
-Lower pay compared to other companies

Advice to Senior Management

Don't overwork your employees, learn from the reasons why employees leave

Pros

It has a good structure on product development

Cons

Although is has a structure for product development, it has so many processes therefore it is difficult for engineer to think outside of the box and enhance the innovation.

Advice to Senior Management

Eliminate multiple layer of approvals so the work can task can execute faster without waiting for many approval levels.

Pros

Benefits are good, the salary is not bad. Advancement is possible, but takes sometime. Possible to move between departments if you are not happy.

Cons

The amount of work is not distributed equally. It's not what you know about who you know. Sometimes managers are over overbearing.

Advice to Senior Management

Be more fair to all your employees. Do not be too pushy. Understand employee limits. Make better long term decisions.

Pros

- high tech work
- very specific and good for car lovers

Cons

-salaries are too low
-management is too sluggish
-too many experienced guys hogging up the management ladder

Advice to Senior Management

Look out for employee's satisfaction

Pros

gain technical competence;
Respected in industry

Cons

German corporation. Run by German
Career banding
few minorities

Advice to Senior Management

Treat the competent and motivated employees, fairly

Pros

High salary and good benefits, relatively functional corporate culture; however, execution of recent large RIF may have destroyed it.

Cons

Executive management periodically proclaimed the need to trust them and would drive this home as a trait for everyone, meanwhile leaks were coming back from competing companies to bosch employees. Bosch had been trying to sell off its US brakes division and had succeed in part to Akebono.

Advice to Senior Management

It takes a lifetime to build a reputation and only a moment to destroy it.

Pros

Relaxed atmosphere. Employees and mentors were friendly to work with. They work on real technologies. Anything from wireless to multimedia to engine mechanics is done here. Found several bright and interesting people here.

Cons

A bit too formal a place to work. The dress code is formals on most weekdays! No cafe nearby, have to walk a bit to get to food during lunch (not too far though).

Advice to Senior Management

Don't have very specific advice to the management because I was there only for a short time and hence its not fair to comment.