UK Redundancies, Frequent Restructuring. Steer Clear!
Pros
You work for a well known company so it's something that may look good on your CV
Cons
Decisions often made outside of UK. Technical Experts are not listened to so products are generally flawed. Overloaded with project and product managers and too few engineers. Management culture is to cover one's own back and to move up the ladder asap. Redundancies are being made to experienced engineers however locations with project managers have been unaffected. Only offer minimum legal redundancy to workers with 20+ years service which for a company with the resources of continental is unbelievable. I'm fortunate that i managed to find another job quickly but others have not been. Engineers receive very little training and are generally pigeonholed on to one project. I worked on only two different projects in 7 years and I had to lodge complaints in order to change projects as I was not getting any opportunities for new work. Bad communication between UK sites.
