Continental reviews

3.9

76% would recommend to a friend

(6,294 total reviews)
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Christian Kötz

69% approve of CEO

46% positive business outlook

Continental has an employee rating of 3.9 out of 5 stars, based on 6,294 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Continental employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Manufactura industry (3.5 stars).

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6K reviews
3.0
Jun 25, 2016
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

- Clear Vision from global top management. - Local Top management fosters a good work culture. - Leadership capable of mobilizing and motivating Employees - Bonuses for employees - Profit sharing. - Cab services - not every company provides. Flexible working hours. Not much pressure.

Cons

- Alignment problems between middle management and top management. - Too much hierarchy and information loss. - Passive and old timers in the middle management. - Not recommended for Techie guys. They are more interested in saving their seats. - Management lacks initiative and dynamism. - Has no proper work or salary standards. Germany does not share core work & local management have top talent to finally spit on their faces. - Germany isn't devoid of petty politics. They don't appreciate and cannot handle conflicts in opinions.They have a long history of politics, to push aside worthy guys. They are proud of their history, but, don't like Hitler who is part of their own history. - Fact is, Company could not retain guys who made all the technology and whoever exists now is almost a fake (providing benefit of doubt). So, they would like to deflect conversations and protect their seats. Do not expect anything remotely technical from them. Worst of all, they won't accept it.

3.0
Apr 15, 2016
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Good pay and benefits, lots of engineering jobs. Potential for promotion and recognition when you do your job well.

Cons

the auto industry can be stressful depending on your job. Good place to figure out if you like the corporate setting but need to force management to encourage work/life balance rather than just saying it's there.

4.0
Apr 12, 2016
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

- Good team to work with (though this might depend a lot on the team you're working for) - Actual Software development work is interesting - Good work/life balance (never really had to work much overtime) - Flexible work hours

Cons

- Below average remuneration with very small salary increases over the years - Due to being a big company, very confusing management hierarchy - Highly process oriented and a lot of time can be wasted upon this (I understand process is important; but it has to be updated to match the projects' current needs/requirements)

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