* Developers from the parent company (BMW AG) actually have better benefits (35h work week, better bonus, protected by a union, ...)
* Parent company treats Car IT as a premium supplier, not as a real part of the software department.
* Many colleagues are bored and demotivated, which leads to uninteresting and non-productive work environment
* Parent company is plagued by bureaucracy and does not understand the importance and potential of software in the vehicles (slow change in processes, bad/lack of QA for the software department, hiring cheap external companies for support and expecting high quality software, ...)
* Being locked-in into collaboration with toxic partner companies and their abysmal tools.
* Automotive industry is slow paced and far from the peak of software development.