A force to be reckoned with, but not now
Pros
The company has a great history and some of the strongest brands in the world. In that regards, it's great to see how brand, product planning and engineering work together to bring some of the coolest features to production on some of the coolest vehicles and engines on the market. A special mention goes to the marketing department, capable of delivering some of the greatest commercials ever (RAM TRX commercial during the super-bowl comes to mind), and the design team who was able to renovate classic vehicle design into modern history (2022 Grand Cherokee was simply outstanding).
Cons
The merger between FCA and PSA has created an incredible disruption. Sr leadership is pushing to get an enormous number of new programs quickly out the door with no consideration (cluelessness) for the technical challenges that they present. Employees are squeezed like lemons, programs are behind and all is done is to make money available to subcontract to engineering services companies which results in little to no decrease on workload (engineering services still need to be trained and coordinated), loss of knowhow and overall dissatisfaction of the employees. The company has no directions from higher ups in harmonizing and converge processes, all the work is done bottom up with considerable effort and in silos, since different organization are not proceeding in alignment and political games are inducing procrastination and slow downs. The feeling is that the company is in shambles, it will probably become a force to be reckoned with, but that is not now.