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Calsonic Kansei

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Barely afloat - Project Engineer Calsonic Kansei Employee Review

1.0
Jun 3, 2014
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.

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Pros

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Cons

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4.0
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Pros

Pay is decent, culture is pleasant, plenty of opportunities to learn, facilities are well stocked & clean, staff is capable, on site fitness facility & encouraging management.

Cons

Japanese owned company translates to North American tech center being unable to operate autonomously. This translates to serious issues when dealing with regional based production & performance requirements. A bigger problem is that weekends are frequently needed to maintain ambitious program schedules. As reward for good work, more work is piled on top of already large work loads. Apparently it got much worse before I got out. Personally, I was unaffected by these pitfalls because I worked under a management that stood up for his team. I am writing this complaint as a warning to people who may take a job at CK & not be as lucky as I was. The average employee duration is 1.5years... That says something...

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