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Calsonic Kansei Reviews

3.4

71% would recommend to a friend

(59 total reviews)
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Hiroshi Moriya

76% approve of CEO

41% positive business outlook

Calsonic Kansei has an employee rating of 3.4 out of 5 stars, based on 59 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Calsonic Kansei employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Manufacturing industry (3.5 stars).

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59 reviews
1.0
3 June 2014

Barely afloat

Recommend
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Pros

401 (k) Match; Plenty of senior level engineering positions because all of them have left

Cons

This company is 40% owned by Nissan and constantly pushed around by them. The management is afraid to say no to them, so you end jumping over backwards to accommodate their requests. They do not spend any money on anything (i.e. very little development training for employees; engineers without access to CAD workstations). They decided to buy cheap laptops for most of the engineers but no mouse/keyboard docking station or monitor were provided unless you could get approval from senior management. The engineering release system is terrible as it was given to them by Nissan and they have modified it to suit their needs. Big releases can take up to a week just to put everything into the system. There is also replication of work all over the company. They have been running 2 release systems for the past 5 years and just finally got rid of the old one a month ago. By far, the most troubling issue is turnover. Because of this they are constantly hiring. I would say most of the engineers leave within 2 years and a lot of the senior engineers with experience have already left. There is a lack of knowledge at the company and new engineers are left without mentors.

1.0
25 June 2018

Watch out

Recommend
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Pros

Not much since KKR took over. They do pay good.o

Cons

Backwards in systems. Back stabber and good ole boy club. New comers usually don't last as the long term employees run them off. It is a job and I have seen worse but local management is over their head and hide it with misleading reports. Stay away from politics and you will survive but do not expect loyalty. I was warned but didn't listen

3.0
7 Jan 2016

Find a career elswhere

Recommend
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Pros

Pay is decent, benefits are best as they come, 401K match 5%/ 100% vested plus 2% profit sharing.

Cons

Terrible management. Too much favoritism from management, the better job you do the worse you are treated. Communication is primitive at best. Will work you to death then fire you when you get hurt. The worst CO I have ever worked for by far.

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