Frustrating - Manager ZEISS Group Employee Review

3.0
Jan 3, 2015
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Decent pay for mid to upper management. Work / Life Balance is good

Cons

Chaotic. Difficult culture for non-Germans. Poor communication from Germany, and zero collaboration among US businesses. Everyone is on their own re: learning best practices. Very resistant to adding headcount, which leads to burn-out for survivors. Not enough people or robust systems to implement ever-increasing demands of bureaucracy in Oberkochen

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Pros

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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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