Siemens

The company values its employees.

Profit-sharing programme (free shares for everyone).

• Not every part of Siemens is progressive. Do not expect to work with cutting-edge technology unless you are lucky enough.

• Some departments seem to lack expertise but yet they micromanage those who have it, which leads to dissatisfaction and occasionally to project failures.

• Lack of horizontal communication and mobility; one is not expected to be interested in anything else than the job assigned.

• In my division (Mobility), everything takes too long, from ordering office equipment and hardware related to the project to fulfilling any expectation I had when joining.

• The only thing that does not take long is a plan change. Plans (e.g. regarding the project one works on) can change several times a month, week, or even a day, which causes chaos and again, dissatisfaction.

• Language skills: The overall proficiency in English seems to be below average, and some even ignore if there is a person that does not speak German in the meeting.

• Don't promise what you are not going to keep or what just "might perhaps one day in the future be considered".
• Try to avoid prescribing technical solutions and micromanagement; focus on what you want to get instead.