Lost without Dr. Bose - Senior Product Manager Bose Employee Review

2.0
Feb 8, 2024
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Smart people, good place to be researcher or a senior engineer. Not so much other roles, but it still looks good on your resume in any event.

Cons

The company is struggling to find its direction in quickly changing markets, and the old-school mentality in legacy managers and old-timers (many of whom have never worked anywhere else) makes it worse. Very uncompetitive pay (and no equity), undesirable office locations, old/outdated office environments, rigid thinking, culture of arrogance. It is an engineering-led company still, and engineers tend to think they can do any job better than you; they thus under-appreciate and look down on non-engineering roles.

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5.0
May 25, 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

- Friendly mentors - Coffee chats - Invaluable work experience from projects - Presentation opportunities

Cons

Company discourages F-1 OPT employment.

4.0
Jun 10, 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Major transformation in progress. New Senior Leadership team making all the right moves. Transparent executive communications to employees. Shedding the old obsolete ways while keeping the Bose Essence

Cons

Lots of change all at once (but it is communicated - it is not a surprise)

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