Middle management madness - Systems Engineer JLR Employee Review

2.0
14 Feb 2017
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

The product is good, the salary and benefits are good. There is little stress most of the time in most areas. Huge amounts of training are available to permanent staff. Some departments and teams are full of bright people and do interesting and fulfilling work.

Cons

Basic business processes are broken and all decisions have to be taken by management with disagreements only resolved by endlessly escalating. Decisions take endless meetings to reach, and can suddenly be changed. There is no communication between departments and middle management like to invent new processes or "strategies" without considering the bigger picture. There are also the every day frustrations with terrible IT, endless approval processes, broken decision making, unclear responsibilities and lack of communication. However this does mean there are plenty of low stress jobs keeping lists in Excel and attending meetings. HR rules make applying for internal positions impossible.

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5.0
9 Oct 2025
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

- Amazing work culture and work life balance - As a designer the world is your oyster of how you want to grow and develop - Manager is amazing at communicating your needs and empathizing with you - Everyone is driven to be a better designer and so much support from everyone

Cons

- Having to work sometimes really early or nighttime due to time zone differences with some of the people we work with - Projects & goals sometimes have to change in the week to better fit business needs and team goals.

4.0
20 Apr 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Great work life balance Supportive environment

Cons

If you fall in the less than 3 years experience bucket, your best shot is the new graduate positions which have terrible pay and full-time employment after 2-years is not guaranteed.

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