Continental reviews

3.9

76% would recommend to a friend

(6,294 total reviews)
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Christian Kötz

69% approve of CEO

46% positive business outlook

Continental has an employee rating of 3.9 out of 5 stars, based on 6,294 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Continental employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Manufatura industry (3.5 stars).

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6K reviews
1.0
Dec 8, 2016

BAD HR (Singapore)

Recommend
Business Outlook

Pros

Huge Team, Good workplace for Embedded System

Cons

BAD HR. HR disrespects software developer. "Disrespect" may be a tactic, which used to lower salary expectations. But it is really a Stupid and NOT-Working tactic. "Disrespect" increases the cost by creating barriers to effective communication. Finally, it will destroy a development team. The HR builds a bad image of Continental Germany.

1.0
Aug 18, 2016

Miserable

Recommend
Business Outlook

Pros

-Nice location. -Multinational workplace -Many good pubs around.

Cons

-Incompetent managers and team leaders. -Bullying and abuse behaviors are everyday practice there. -HR totally accepts if not encourages bullying towards engineers not belonging to specific network of friends. -People get promoted based on how well they smile or abuse their colleaugues. -Very high turnover rates. Almost all the experienced and knowledgeable people have left the site. -The higher management (out of Lewes) seems to also appreciate bullying and cronyism as efficient management techniques. So, no hope... -It was a small company acquired by Continental but they never got integrated and they failed to adopt Conti's Values and code of Ethics. The previous management still has an obscure role in the building selection and the selection of people to be promoted

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Continental Response
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Dear commenter, thank you very much for your feedback on Glassdoor. We regret that your experience at Continental was negative. Our four core values “Trust”, “One For Another”, “Passion to Win” and “Freedom to Act” are integral parts of our continuous development process. Especially our leaders should act as role models and contribute to a positive working environment by living those values actively. Whoever is not able or does not want to live up to those values is out of place at Continental. Especially lack of trust between staff and their managers leads to a tense and difficult situation. Continental is offering to give feedback anonymously with different feedback tools (like Big Six Radar) and point at grievances or improvable situations. Alternatively the employee should use the chance to talk to a person they trust to ask for advice or support, e.g. colleagues from the HR department. We are aware that top performance requires team work and cooperation. Therefore we support flat hierarchies, openness and respect within the daily work. This applies also to leader who perform their responsibility with a cooperative leadership style. We strive to foster every employee individually depending on his/her abilities. If grievances or improvable situations arise Continental is offering its employees the possibility to give anonymously feedback. Good cooperation between employees and manager depends on trust and openness and should be nurtured. For this reason mobbing or bullying is not tolerated in any way at Continental. Accusations of bullying are taken very seriously at Continental and the grievance procedure which is compliant with the ACAS guideline is followed. Best regards, Continental Career Team
3.0
Aug 2, 2015
Recommend
Business Outlook

Pros

People are nice and the workload is not that heavy(minimal overtime). Working hours are a little flexible.

Cons

I was a senior from my previous company and offered a junior job since they're saying because my experience was not automotive(an indication of how little they know about embedded systems). I got frustrated upon hearing a lot of things like calling the P.I. controller as Pi(pie), I was asked by my boss what FW means(understandable on some EU companies because FW is still SW for them but my boss is not from EU), and a senior engineer wasn't even sure if 0xD8 can really be assigned to a signed int8. They I hear the word fuzzy pronounced like it sounds pervert. I became a SW Technical Project Lead for 2 yrs without getting my old senior status back and no assurance of getting it on my 3rd yr. That's how I decided it's not the company for me.

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