Finance - Anonymous employee Kia Motors Employee Review

2.0
Dec 13, 2014
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Kia pays 100% for medical benefits 401k matching at 6 % (although fund options aren't that great) corporate events are fun (free lunch) Promotions exist, but they don't come easy. Ex) There was a guy that worked really hard (long hours everyday) at this company for 5 years. At the end of 5 years, the guy left for Toyota.

Cons

It is a Korean company. You will experience all the cons of Korean work culture especially If you speak Korean. You will get lower salary than you expected. You will be expected to stay later than your shift like.... everyday (This is so true if you are Korean). Don't ask questions (your questions will be shot down with criticism that they are stupid and not well thought out). No training is offered because the nature of work in finance is very monotonous. The quality of work is really sub standard (proposals/reports for review are surprisingly full of simple math errors and inconsistencies). No matter how many times you bring the issue to their attention, they don't listen. Correcting their errors and inconsistencies becomes the major part of your job. Finance dept is a dumping ground for other departments. They will dump all their work on finance because they know Koreans would correct all the careless mistakes. If you see the "emperor" of the company (CEO) ever in the company building, don't even dream of saying hello to him. You are a mere pawn and expect to kiss the floor. Don't directly look at his highness. You will know what I mean. Don't work for Korean companies.

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