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    Volkswagen Group of America Reviews

    Updated February 16, 2019
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    Volkswagen Group of America President and CEO, VWGoA Scott Keough
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    Pros

    • "I also have found that this is a work environment that provides its employees a good work life balance" (in 22 reviews)

    • "Good benefits in terms of work flexibility" (in 30 reviews)

    Cons

    • "Work life/balance is non existent" (in 22 reviews)

    • "long hours, have to work night shift due to senority, hard on the body and exhausting work" (in 10 reviews)

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    1. Featured Review

      Helpful (4)

      "I love working at the electronics research lab for VW group of America"

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      Current Employee - Intern - Hourly in San Francisco, CA
      Current Employee - Intern - Hourly in San Francisco, CA
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      No opinion of CEO

      I have been working at Volkswagen Group of America full-time (Less than a year)

      Pros

      Awesome work environment. Cool fun projects and the chance to with for the largest Automotive manufacture in the world. The Erl had about 200 or so employees and had the feel of a small tech company with tht resources of VW.

      Cons

      Sometimes it's a pain to have to communicate with Germany to get information on the cars or have to translate German text when I don't speak German

    2. "Loved working for VWGoA!"

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      Former Employee - Business Operations Analyst
      Former Employee - Business Operations Analyst
      Recommends
      Neutral Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      I worked at Volkswagen Group of America full-time (More than 8 years)

      Pros

      Great company to work for! Employee lease car program. Great benefits.

      Cons

      Not many direct hire positions.

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    3. "Great experience so far!"

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      Current Employee - Technical Project Specialist in Chattanooga, TN
      Current Employee - Technical Project Specialist in Chattanooga, TN
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      No opinion of CEO

      I have been working at Volkswagen Group of America full-time (More than 5 years)

      Pros

      Supportive staff, High Paying, Low Stress Level

      Cons

      Newer engineering center still trying to get established.

    4. "Great bennefits and people"

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      Current Employee - Manager in Chattanooga, TN
      Current Employee - Manager in Chattanooga, TN
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      No opinion of CEO

      I have been working at Volkswagen Group of America (More than 5 years)

      Pros

      Great bennefits and people to work with. Job is demanding but rewarding.

      Cons

      Changes cone quickly, hard to stay ahead. People are great but workforce needs better training. Micromananged quite a bit.

      Advice to Management

      Back off just s bit to let your team breathe. Trust what they have been trained. Coach rather than dictate.

    5. "Great company - wish I still worked there!"

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      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee in Herndon, VA
      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee in Herndon, VA
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      I worked at Volkswagen Group of America full-time (More than 10 years)

      Pros

      Great benefits, awesome cars, high performance is rewarded. Each person can make a real impact. Many people who left for other opportunities came back to VWGoA because it is just such a great company. I left for personal reasons but really wish I still worked there. Best company ever!

      Cons

      None I can think of.

    6. "Former Emp"

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      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Doesn't Recommend

      I have been working at Volkswagen Group of America full-time (Less than a year)

      Pros

      Great management team, they are friendly and informative.

      Cons

      Pay could be better, I disliked the work schedule

    7. "WFM Analyst"

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      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Doesn't Recommend
      Negative Outlook
      No opinion of CEO

      I worked at Volkswagen Group of America full-time (More than a year)

      Pros

      It gave me experience I needed.

      Cons

      No work life balance. Benefits eat your income. Depressing atmosphere.

      Advice to Management

      Please work on making this a better place for everyone.

    8. "Good compensation"

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      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee

      Pros

      Company compensates employees pretty well for warehouse work.

      Cons

      Terrible management is acceptable as long as you follow orders. High deductible insurance.

    9. "Production team leader"

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      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee

      I have been working at Volkswagen Group of America full-time

      Pros

      Great job, lots of overtime

      Cons

      Overtime is sometimes excessive but not always

      Advice to Management

      Keep up the good work

    10. "Looking for job after I ETS from the Army."

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      Current Employee - Us Army E-4 in Fort Riley, KS
      Current Employee - Us Army E-4 in Fort Riley, KS
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      I have been working at Volkswagen Group of America full-time (More than 3 years)

      Pros

      Gain knowledge to make some pretty nice vw's.

      Cons

      Army doesnt teach us exactly everything but i have civilian experience and plan on getting a certification in diesel mechanics