Bose reviews

3.7

56% would recommend to a friend

(1,817 total reviews)
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78% approve of CEO

51% positive business outlook

Bose has an employee rating of 3.7 out of 5 stars, based on 1,817 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Bose employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Manufacturing industry (3.5 stars).

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2.0
Oct 10, 2011

Changed for the worse

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Decent work environment. Employees very good people - good to work with. They do have learning opportunities, but you have to be pro-active in signing up.

Cons

Has become like most other large companies - focused on bottom line. Used to be about creativity, teamwork and doing anything to please the customer. Now it is about process, cutting costs, and pushing more product. Professional advancement is almost non-existent. Any critical jobs seem to get filled from the outside. My manager does not provide any support. Too busy looking up the organization rather than around the department to really see what's going on. Out of touch.

3.0
Mar 17, 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Good pay, bonus, product discount

Cons

No employee loyalty anymore. You always walk in every day wondering if it's going to be your last day. Politics has taken over the upper and top management of the company. If you don't fit your current role, you're out.

2.0
Jun 18, 2025

Great company overall, wouldn't work for current Marketing Leadership

Anonymous employee
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Pros

-Great company benefits (% off on product) -Products we sell are amazing -There are some great/smart people who work there -Compensation was decent (not amazing), but good bonus system

Cons

-Current Marketing VP for DTC is not data-driven, makes decisions based on her feelings that day (and is unkind to almost everyone there). Environment is super toxic. I would only tell my enemies to work for that org in it's current state. -Really trying to force in-office culture again but it's located in Framingham MA and the office just can't compete with other tech companies (very outdated) -Marketing org lacks direction and focus -Don't promote from within, hiring a lot externally (and are hiring people who do not have the experience) -Other orgs there seem a lot healthier than DTC Marketing (Automotive for example) -Company does not care about you at all (CMO literally said "we owe you nothing" after letting go our European offices). -They also don't encourage team building/give budget for it, which is kind of crazy given the company size. They have a point system to award peers for great work and the VP actually made me give LESS points to someone who has worked there for 15+ years (it was like a $25 difference in award...). Point is, they are super out of touch and don't even encourage positive reinforcement for people working insane hours. -Holiday season at this company is a MESS -Really inconsistent messaging around in-office. I was hired with the agreement to do 1 day in office, then they tried to go back on it a year later and I straight up said no. I think they thought I'd back down, but I don't think they could fire me for it so they eventually had to drop the subject. But extremely stressful to not know what was going to happen with my job (my commute was upwards of 2 hours each way...).

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