Bose reviews

3.7

59% would recommend to a friend

(1,813 total reviews)
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77% approve of CEO

49% positive business outlook

Bose has an employee rating of 3.7 out of 5 stars, based on 1,813 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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2K reviews
4.0
Jul 30, 2010
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

One of the best parts is meeting people who absolutely LOVE the products. This feels great and makes you proud to work here. Great work/life balance. I rarely work more than 50 hours a week.

Cons

Career progression is limited and slow. The company intentionally limits growth to <10% year and it seems few people leave the company. Getting stuff done depends entirely too much on personal relationships. Piss off the wrong person, you're screwed. Product strategy is heavily influenced by a handful of old-timers from the early days of the company. A few have a ton of influence but no accountability or responsibility themselves. Decisions are made through endless "alignment" meetings, usually in 1 on 1 meetings, making progress painfully slow.

4.0
Jul 1, 2010
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Good Discounts, good pay for retail; especially of the store makes bonus. Company treats its employees well and they offer good benefits.

Cons

Its retail, so you know; it has its basic drawbacks. Nights and weekends are usually required and it has the normal drains of working retail.

3.0
May 23, 2010
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Opportunity to work on various IT projects invoving different technologies so emplyees are not pigeon holed into one specific technology. Projects are reviewed for ROI and approved by Project Management Office before execution, so the employees are working on the right project at the right time using right resources and this keeps the team energized and focused.

Cons

Not seen any significant downsides of working at Bose.

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