Amazing products, incompetent leadership.
Pros
The products and technology at Volvo were great to work with. The customer interaction and product development was rewarding as well. My immediate supervisors were some of the best people I've worked for. Great starting pay and benefits package.
Cons
There is little to no opportunity for advancement due to the unhealthy and corrupt relationship management has with the union. Younger, more productive, lower paid employees, are often made to perform the workload of more senior, less productive employees. This is a disincentive for high performing employees to stay with the company and build their careers. Seniority is the only form of merit, not quality of work performed. Management does not understand this and employees that have demonstrated to be of higher value, often find another employer that is willing to acknowledge that value. Human Resources at Volvo honestly had no idea what was going on. It would take months to get something as simple as an address updated. This created problems with tax documents and insurance enrollment. According to the contract, the way I had left the company and hours worked in 2019, meant I was eligible for full vacation payment upon leaving the company. HR disagreed and failed to provide a contractual reason for why I would not be paid my leftover vacation. A few months into the pandemic, more layoffs occurred, so more employees needed their vacation paid out. I was then contacted by HR with an apology that they had made a mistake, they should have paid me, and will issue a check. Two more months go by and I receive a certified letter saying I'm no longer eligible. If you work for Volvo, use your time there to find another job. When you leave Volvo, burn all your vacation before you leave.
