Dysfunctional company and management - Product Manager ZEISS Group Employee Review

1.0
Feb 6, 2013
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Pros

Some of the employees are very friendly and helpful. The work/life balance is pretty good. The benefit package is very good, although the salary level is low. Carl Zeiss Vision has a good reputation when it comes to a perception of quality.

Cons

The management is horrible, especially senior management. Moral is low. Communication is non-existent. The good talent leaves within a year or so. Every project is planned with a lack of strategy and time, so the quality is lacking.

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5.0
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Pros

Perfect benefits, TONS of room to grow, tight knit teams

Cons

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2.0
May 29, 2026
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Pros

Per diem is nice, and the company car is ok

Cons

There is no ability to effect change; processes are so manual to keep people employed that should be let go, and the company is unwilling to listen to ideas of change. Also, there is no actual product quality, their so called Quality department does not deal with product quality at all, thus systems leaving the factory untested as a whole system or software releases being fully vetted for functionality. Their "Quality department" is only a CYA department to protect them from FDA audits, which quite frankly, could be called a Complaint Conversion Department. What is the point, other than titles, to call themselves Quality when nothing actually is fixed on the products and they are uninterested in end customer user experience or improving the actual product quality and sustainability.

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