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Engineer
Former Employee
Worked at Siemens for 2 years
October 19, 2016
Prague, Czech Republic
2.0
Doesn't RecommendNegative OutlookDoesn't Approve of CEO
Pros

Adjustable tables, which aren't for everyone. Several coffee machines/kitchenettes. A decent canteen. Good underground transport connection.

Cons

SIEMENS MOBILITY DEPARTMENT / TRAIN

Lower and upper management doesn't really care about you. Whether German or Czech managers, they show bossing and general disrespect to employees. German/Bavarian managers are slightly more welcoming than Czech managers.

Czech and Erlangen coworkers aren't really helpful.

In the Prague office, there is mobbing and a lack of appreciation for foreigners on a deeper level.

Coworkers actively discuss the refugee crisis in Germany and propose nasty solutions.

Management doubles the quantity of desks in their open-space offices, thus increasing the quantity of coworkers in the room.

Czechia is a nearshore for the Germans, so you travel back and forth and report to two Czech and two German managers.

If you book a vacation, you will be forced to cancel it because of some extra "work." This happened when I participated in Erlangen's departmental job meeting, and the German boss asked them to work on Saturdays, thus colliding with already booked vacations of some coworkers.

There is active gossiping and calumny in the workplace.

There is task stealing in the workplace.

They save money on an employee's trip lunch.

The same engineering position has been on offer for years.

Bad organization of job trips: a big mess with Amex cards, the secretary is always out of work, there is no one to book hotel rooms, and the management will finally blame you for that.

During the interview at Siemens Mobility/Trains, the Czech boss will lower your already low salary without even informing you of that face to face.

Advice to Management

to dissolve the company, and they know it.

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