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      Bose

      Engaged Employer

      Bose reviews

      3.7

      56% would recommend to a friend

      (1,817 total reviews)
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      Lila Snyder

      78% approve of CEO

      51% positive business outlook

      Ratings by category

      4.1

      Diversity & inclusion

      3.9

      Work/Life balance

      3.8

      Culture & values

      3.7

      Compensation and benefits

      3.2

      Senior management

      3.2

      Career opportunities

      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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      Reviews by job title

      2K reviews
      1.0
      Oct 31, 2015

      No advancement opportunities

      Sales specialist
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      High discount on products. If you like sound systems or technology in general it can be okay to be around.

      Cons

      Managers breathe down your neck to make sure you say what they want to hear, very robotic and repetitive. Lots of talking behind your back and they will easily let you go to hire a new employee at a lower wage to save money.

      3.0
      Oct 9, 2015

      Reactive Company

      Project manager
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Team environment, nice facilities, good flex time and benefits

      Cons

      promotions very limited no matter how much one excels, vacation time stumped at 10 years = 4 weeks, politics, low morale, company in the midst of change

      3.0
      Aug 24, 2015

      Great company/products, average career/benefits.

      Project manager
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Great products, great people, really unique culture. AMAZING work life balance - I can't emphasize this enough as it's really unparalleled. Unless you get a terrible manager generally speaking they are very flexible with start/stop time, working from home, etc. A great place to work when you have a family and need to manage school schedules, sick kids, etc. Even in the worst/busiest of times the long hours don't last long and they still paled in comparison to my experience at my previous employer.

      Cons

      Pay seems to be lower than market, benefits are average to below average. Very little career path/growth opportunities. Hire a lot of contractors and never seem to make them FTE - I was FTE but observed poor treatment of my contractor colleagues (not invited to important meetings, etc). Lots of managers that have been around for eons and are just focused on politics. Never saw a worker bee promoted, just saw managers shuffled around. No matter how great your performance reviews are it seems to go nowhere - small effect on your bonus, but it's not substantial for individual contributors. Would LOVE to stay with this company being where I am in my career I'm not confident I'll continue to be challenged, and I'm not OK with doing the same job for the next 30 years.

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