Pros
I am lucky enough to have a boss who is incredibly knowledgeable and passionate about the work that he does, while being down to Earth and easy to talk to. Bose products are undeniably great as far as audio equipment goes, and many are passionate about the consumer electronics market in general. Pay is competitive with other companies as far as I'm aware. Work/life balance is good, most people WFH on Fridays and many leave before 5 PM on weekdays because of the suburban location of the corporate offices.
Cons
The biggest problems with Bose lie in the lack of accountability or acknowledgement of problems, from executives all the way down. I feel that I have no room to grow, expand my skills, and much of the work I do is seemingly thrown away and has no real impact on decision making. This sort of culture is especially true in Marketing team, where favoritism, bad-decision making (or lack of making a decision at all) lead to fudging numbers and trying to make things look good for themselves so that their bosses praise them. It's a toxic environment that could use a 21st century makeover. Add the toxic/stale work environment to living in a cube farm (regardless of what team you're on) and going to work here every day quickly becomes tedious. Perks are mainly in the form of benefits (a 5-10% bonus at the end of the year), but vacation time is limited to two weeks, and there aren't any smaller perks (free coffee, snacks, group activities) that get you motivated. Amount of work done every day by senior level management is questionable, and often tasks are done "fire-drill style" that they need to be rushed to be done/thrown together without any warning.
