Rolls-Royce Employee Reviews about "senior management"

Pros

Global mobility, travel and overall a safe, reliable job. Remote working is allowed and a good culture for work life balance

Cons

Overwhelming processes. Hard to get stuff done due to the number of reviewers and approvers. Most Senior management in England.

Pros

Interesting industry, products and customers. Very technology and engineering driven.

Cons

Senior management constantly changing priorities and strategies. A new round of headcount reductions every six - twelve months. Company is trying to offset cost problems by cutting headcount and compensation and benefits -- seems like management considers this to be the universal answer to everything. Support functions have been especially hard hit making it difficult for business units to get the information they need.

Pros

good group of solid people, good work-life balance, pay is okay, benefits are not so good and eroded over the 7 years I was with the company.

Cons

Not a lot of direction from senior management on the direction of the company

Pros

people are generally good to work with, lots of opportunity to learn across a wide range of disciplines if there is ambition to do so

Cons

Process-driven to the point where administrative tasks are the bulk of engineering jobs. Very poor decision making by senior management, as well as being "out of touch". Extreme amounts of politics between departments and management.

Pros

- good benefits and relatively good salary for the region. Strong union support. - some interesting projects to get involved in. Rolls-Royce is undergoing a huge re-structure and is removing its legacy ways of working. - intelligent and capable peers to work with - strong reputation and brand for your CV - diverse workforce

Cons

- In contrast to its peers, Rolls-Royce has a poor view of learning and development of its employees. In 2 years, my colleagues and I have been rebuffed for every training request on non-business grounds. - Low morale and disengaged employees due to major company restructure and 4500 job cuts in 2018 - top-heavy management structure and heavily process driven, mean you spend 70-90% of your time dealing with tactical work and bureaucracy, not what you were employed to do. This infringes on work-life balance because the important work needs to be done in your own time! - Many dysfunctional departments, such as IT , Finance and Procurement where there is a lack of transparency and accountability. It is easy to hide in this large organisation - hopefully the restructure will change this. - I would question the reality of ethical practices. The yearly published 'Code of Conduct' is quickly becoming lip service. I have seen 3 people in my department bullied and forced out of their jobs by a toxic manager. The ethics line, HR and senior management have purposefully ignored pleas for help. - Slow career progression. If you are looking for a quiet job where you will not be challenged. aren't interested in growth and want a regular pay-cheque, this is a good place to work.

Pros

The company has a good product line. These products have proved to be reliable. Many customers keep coming back for more.

Cons

Senior management always recruit some who mirrors them. Most Team Leaders are influenced by their managers. Lots of bullying and harassment issues. Many folks of sick due to stress related problems. Promotion is based on who you blow not what you know. The unions is a waste of space as it is bent and in the pockets of management.

Pros

Great place to learn and move around various skills without changing company. The company will support your training and with the right boss also support your development within the group. Hi

Cons

Some of the senior management are not team players, nor people managers. Lower senior management being the worst, shame as the senior guys seem quite switched on.