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    Volkswagen Group of America Reviews

    Updated December 2, 2018
    310 reviews

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    Volkswagen Group of America President and CEO Hinrich J. Woebcken
    Hinrich J. Woebcken
    50 Ratings

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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 21 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 (3)

      "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. "Intern"

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      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee

      Pros

      Great learning experiences, enjoyable to work at

      Cons

      none to speak of, I encourage this company

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    3. "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

    4. "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.

    5. "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

    6. "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

    7. "Manager"

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      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      No opinion of CEO

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

      Pros

      Volunteering and Company Social Responsiblity is very active; number of companies to work for within the group.

      Cons

      Smaller organization yet still a bit bureaucratic in how projects get done.; limited leadership career development paths

    8. "Engineer"

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      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee

      Pros

      Good benefits in terms of work flexibility

      Cons

      Management is Not easily approachable

    9. Helpful (1)

      "Administrative Assistant"

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      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Doesn't Recommend
      Negative Outlook
      Disapproves of CEO

      I worked at Volkswagen Group of America full-time

      Pros

      Created my own appointments with little supervision

      Cons

      Contract ended shorter then expected

      Advice to Management

      Be realistic with project timelines

    10. Helpful (1)

      "it was just a job"

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      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee

      I worked at Volkswagen Group of America full-time

      Pros

      the pay was pretty decent

      Cons

      was a very toxic environment