Bose Employee Reviews about "upper management"

Cons

Not much to complain about. Upper management could be a little more receptive to advice from and criticism from those working in the stores.

Cons

IF you are not a citizen OR don't have a green card ... THIS COMPANY IS NOT FOR YOU. HR will give you tough time and is quite dominant in Bose (your manager doesn't have much say). Plus if you are not white chances are you won't go UP much esp NOT in upper management. Minority turnover is HUGE!!!

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Loads of work to get promotions/1-2% raises yearly if your boss is feeling like they like you No promotions to be had unless someone dies/leaves No competitive pay for retail associates $10.50/hr management starts at $11.50/hr, store managers are paid $40k+, with exceptionally slow raises Upper management is concerned with profit over people - normally not a terrible concern, but a complete 180 from 10+ years ago Upper management is consistently showing a disconnect between what's going on in stores and what they are dictating Recent changes to bonus payouts gave most people a pay cut - which is what management wanted, but smaller volume stores are still benefiting from larger volume stores (a store that is slated to do $4m in a year could receive no bonus, but a store that does ~$1m could garner $10k+ in bonuses) Top performing 'acting' managers are kept in 'acting' positions with lesser pay than their counterparts, leading to exhaustion and overwork, not to mention hurting morale (Store manager given 'acting' District Manager status, not paid as much, after extended periods of time and asked to remain in 'acting' role Promotions seem to come from tenure rather than work - hit or miss with this one

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Upper management has gone through so many changes no one knows who works there anymore.

Cons

The upper management at Bose makes a real effort to walk the talk of respect and fairness. Unfortunately, not all middle management takes that to heart. There is more political intrigue then the should be, or needs to be. There is a management practice duJour mentality that permeates this company. If six sigma is good, seven should be better. I don't know, maybe that's in every company.

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The upper management at Bose makes a real effort to walk the talk of respect and fairness. Unfortunately, not all middle management takes that to heart. There is more political intrigue and nepotisim then there should be, or needs to be. There is a management practice duJour mentality that permeates this company. If six sigma is good, seven should be better. I don't know, maybe that's in every company

Cons

Very clicky atmosphere, your success is only partly based on performance. The pay is quite poor. At the beginning the pay is decent, however, the lack of salary growth means you are making much less in the long-term. Upper management is not at all honest with employees and tries to maintain a cheerleader mentality no matter what. Education does not matter. Many managers had no degree and no clue; they made up for lack of knowledge by being very controlling and unethical.

Cons

There is a lot of competition in the consumer electronics sector. There are challenges ahead as they move away from manufacturing their own product transitioning to using more CMs.

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Run away please just as I am. I started here 3 years ago and it is CHANGING like cray cray. The customers are becoming more and more rude due to upper management relaying the message customers can literally get what they want. Management is getting cut, products never come out, hours are getting cut. The company cannot figure out what's up and down. Spiralling out of control until we are no more. Don't expect much from this job seriously. There is no room for growth, there only room for you to be fired/let go soon.

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Opportunities for growth are few and far between so when they come up, It is best that you jump on them. Some staff are old and set in the old ways of business and technology.