What is the company culture like at Scout Motors?

Great compensation, flexibility to work from home.

This place is a nightmare! Every department is working against each other and only focused on their own priorities. Way too top heavy with a lack of resources and support for the every day specialist level. This was supposed to be a startup yet every process is following VW. In some ways that should be good but the structure and training does not exist and VW does very little to support. Overall, communication and alignment is completely broken. The blind is leading the blind and not even the higher levels are working together.

-Cool Product -Experienced colleagues across the company

-it’s basically Volkswagen rebranded as Scout -too much VW influence and processes to follow without any SMEs on site to help -required to align and get approval from VW before doing anything. makes execution very slow -hired a bunch of people in Metro Detroit under false pretenses, now expecting everybody to relocate in the near future to NC. -no career growth opportunities for those based in Metro Detroit, unless you are going to move down south in the future -company culture is very German like. Lots of disrespect and condescension.

The potential is great. Perfect environment for only former and current VW employees to thrive in while everyone else is considered inferior.

Employee retention is not a priority. They will change employment terms and benefits with no notice. They boast about bringing back an American icon but are really just building an over budget, behind schedule obsolete German car. All decision makers are extremely out of touch and based outside of where the primary offices are located. Culture is toxic and executive leadership makes it worse. Departments compete for limited resources. They overcompensate to appear as if they support DEI causes in order to avoid unions.

Pros: There are many dedicated, capable employees who genuinely want the company to succeed and have worked hard to deliver key milestones.

Leadership at the C-suite level does not effectively listen to or act on employee feedback, creating a disconnect between decisions and reality. After major milestones, employees who contributed significantly often feel undervalued, with more emphasis placed on compliance with top-down directives than on experience or insight. This impacts morale and trust.

There are a few talented individuals across the organization, and the company’s product vision may appeal to people interested in working on a new EV program.

The biggest challenge is senior technical leadership. There can be a lack of clear direction, inconsistent decision-making, and limited transparency around priorities. This often creates frustration for employees who are trying to deliver high-quality work in a fast-paced environment. Poorly staffed and no adequate place to sit or parking spots

the vehicle is awesome. has potential

- culture is bad!!!! Run!!! I have been here since the beginning. nothing changes ... it gets worse as it goes. I've been in startups and this is by far the worst. north Carolina move is hated by everyone. many have quit. the project is already in shambles, with this move its gotten worse. - promotions are only for upper leadership and a select few. an exceed expectations employee would receive the same amount of raise as the meets expectations. which makes you feel like doing the bare minimum. which many are slowly doing. - there is VP's and managers that do not do anything(zero!!).

Work on an iconic vehicle

Management style and Work culture.

Great compensation, flexibility to work from home.

This place is a nightmare! Every department is working against each other and only focused on their own priorities. Way too top heavy with a lack of resources and support for the every day specialist level. This was supposed to be a startup yet every process is following VW. In some ways that should be good but the structure and training does not exist and VW does very little to support. Overall, communication and alignment is completely broken. The blind is leading the blind and not even the higher levels are working together.

Cool product with great design

I have never seen a company that has so many issues with cross functional projects. Communication is terrible.