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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2K reviews
1.0
Apr 21, 2010
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

In all honesty very few. The company gives you a memo loan which is a home theater system after 90 days, in which you must return or buy out upon departure.401 k is cool and medical and dental which are a bit on the expensive side.

Cons

Unethical, ignorant, biased, unprofessional and poorly trained management. More like micro management. Hardly any incentives for an individual besides working towards a bonus at the end of the month which is definetely not promised and in many cases nearly unattainable. Very hard to take personal time off especially last minute, nearly impossible without being reprimanded. Annoying management that stresses learning foolish acronyms that are mumbo jumbo. Poor pay unless you are a student, slacker, underachiever or all wrapped in one. Poor training it's like they put you in the wild and fend for yourself. Lastly an enormous amount of pressure from management especially from a dead end job with no signs of growth. Oops one more thing. Management is childish and vindictive and very political. I wasted 5 months of my life with this trash

2.0
Apr 9, 2010

Bad experience at Bose

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

A few good products. Bonuses even though the company wasnt making any money. Good work life balance. Really nice corporate offices

Cons

Nepotisim runs wild. Middle management is ineffective and many have been there for a long time. Home entertainment products are overpriced and dont meet market needs.

1.0
Apr 7, 2010
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Interesting innovations make Bose a fascinating place to be able to visit and work. There are more engineers than any other division and they have some incredible talent.

Cons

The "Bose Culture" is where the innovation ends. Great ideas are shot down constantly and, if you submit too many new concepts, you can find yourself being questioned about your understanding of the Bose Culture. This means that opportunities being opened to you are shut down. Just an unimpressive management team who spent so much time glad handing themselves that they forgot how to make business happen.

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