Design Assurance Engineering is a sad group going nowhere - User Test Manager iRobot Employee Review

1.0
23 Feb 2023
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

No outstanding pros to this team

Cons

Lack of skills and ability to lead. No checks and balances Team lacks integrity Team has limited skills to champion testers and customers. Bully tactics after team members expressed concerns when low performing employees made up their own job titles. The team is grossly overstaffed and doing minimal work Lack of people skills, empathy and knowledge of how to effectively run a team and improve processes. I was called on my personal cell after hours several times to hear complains about people in their personal life and issues they were facing No boundaries Refused to accept issues that needed to be resolved on the team and reacted by micromanaging, copying my work, and holding meetings to try to get team members to say things that undermine our progress Presented roadblocks, insecure, and had to be dealt with on a daily basis in order to effectively do work Ineffective and no respected on the team or in the industry Responded to feedback by having team members send daily inappropriate Slack messages to me each morning This team needs an HR review

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5.0
22 Jan 2026
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Pros

Team members help each other; Friendly managers and colleges; Good test equipment and on-site EMC testing chamber; Reliable products;

Cons

Focus on existing products and cost-down, not new technology; The top leaders don't have good plans for company's growth, or change the plans frequently

3.0
2 Jun 2026
Recommend
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Business outlook

Pros

- 5 star for the US, EMEA, and Japan people

Cons

- 1 star for the PICEA people

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