Tenneco reviews

3.2

48% would recommend to a friend

(1,359 total reviews)
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Jim Voss

55% approve of CEO

36% positive business outlook

Tenneco has an employee rating of 3.2 out of 5 stars, based on 1,359 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Tenneco employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Manufacturing industry (3.5 stars).

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1.0
Mar 22, 2023

Stay Away!

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Pros

Used to be a great work place with good cultural values before the Apollo acquisition.

Cons

New CEO doesn’t seem to align with the historic organizations values. Made a bunch of bs promises during the Townhall in November 2022. It was pretty obvious that the speech wasn’t genuine and that he was trying to pull the “I’m a great family man” card in attempt to make employees think he can relate to the average Joe and that he’s this stand up guy. Couldn’t be further from the truth. Tenneco was previously a “work from anywhere” organization and overnight the new leadership are trying to force everyone back into the office at a minimum of three days per week. People that were hired 100% remote that have never set foot into a Tenneco office are being forced to report into the nearest location, doesn’t matter if it’s a 2 hour+ commute. It was also mentioned by the CEO in the Townhall that he wants Tenneco to be an employer of choice. On the flip side, he is single handedly standing in his own way of that goal by not trusting employees and forcing them to go into an office when the position doesn’t require it. It was also mentioned that most things would stay the same and that 99% of employees wouldn’t even notice a difference with the acquisition. Shortly after started chopping heads at the higher level and bringing in his buddies to replace them. The Tenneco c-suite is now a Michigan white boys club and the new CEO Jim is on a world tour for a photo shoot.

1.0
Mar 25, 2023

Downhill after Apollo Acquisition

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Great direct management, great experience in seeing all aspects of a business, good resume builder, great coworkers.

Cons

After working remote for 3 years, the headquarters office moved 20 miles away and employees were given a 2-4 week notice that they are expected to be in office to “fill a seat” to appease the ELT 3x a week. Merit raises were delayed by at least a quarter, after employees already had a year of no merits and salary cuts. There is very little room for growth here, and the senior leadership team’s town halls do not align with what actually is implemented. Pay here is under market value. This was a great place to work prior to Apollo acquiring Tenneco in November 2022. The company announced merits were delayed as well as the back to office mandate the week after the engagement survey closed, not allowing employees to honestly answer how they feel about the environment of work.

1.0
Jun 17, 2023
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Pros

Some of the greatest people I've gotten to work with. Lots of challenging and rewarding work.

Cons

Jim Voss and Apollo took a great company and group of people and completely destroyed it in a matter of months. Lots of lies told during his opening speech including the ability to work remotely, which has now turned into a punitive system aimed at firing workers who don't abide by the rules. We were also told that we were bought because we know how to run the company and they don't have people at Apollo to come in and run it - almost immediately, entire C-suite replaced by Voss's people and we've had layoff after layoff since then. Tenneco is bleeding talent at an alarming rate and it won't be long until there's no one left to do all of the work. The egomaniac CEO probably won't care and just keep pushing people out until he can show how many millions he saved to get a fat bonus.

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