Siemens

Competitive salaries for skilled positions, depending on work experience. Nice working environment with work/life balance. ENG Design and in-house manufacturing at the same place. Job security with 5-10 year backlogs of customer orders. Travel job opportunities as a German worldwide company.

Not prioritizing product quality, but manufacturing speed.

Poor management that does not invest in or care about employee career development. There are almost no career level structures for most positions. The only way to get a wage increase is by changing job titles and switching teams/departments, which leads to knowledge drain and company instability.

Unorganized production floor, warehouse, walkways, and storage across the facilities (sometimes considered a war zone) due to a lack of process, poor ownership/responsibility, and coordination.

Very poor training, coaching, and performance reviews, which create incompetent staff across multiple departments.

Put product quality first, as Siemens has decades of reputation.

Investing in employees through practical, customized trainings (not online, generic content) and creating career opportunities with deserved compensation for high-performing employees will break the company's laid-back culture.