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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3.0
Aug 31, 2023

Layoff after layoff

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Pros

rich history of high performing audio products

Cons

Struggled to adapt to modern world and make the right strategic decisions at the right time which has lead to layoff after layoff year after year. It's a tough culture to be part of just waiting for the next round.

1.0
Apr 22, 2020

Not the Same Company it Once was

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Pros

Sadly - None at this time

Cons

Terrible upper management (Director up to President). President was fired a couple months ago but that is too little too late. Outsourced all manufacturing and now some of the engineering work to China. This is failing miserably. Offered early retirement and then laid off all of their seasoned talent to be replaced by younger inexperienced people over the past 3 years. This has resulted in new products that literally don't work and/or can't be manufactured so the projects get cancelled. I'm not sure this company is going to survive more than a few years. If it does, it will be a much smaller company. This has all come about over the past 5 years with Dr. Bose's passing. So sad to see. They have announced more layoffs are coming.

2.0
Oct 18, 2019
Recommend
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Pros

The benefits are good - nice to have options for MA-based employees for healthcare; most people are sincere and passionate about their jobs; ability to work from home in most roles; casual work attire; cafeterias serve good food an have a lot of options

Cons

There is a lack of stability - people are always concerned there will be another RIF; major gap in senior level manager (directors) to manager communication; emotionally-driven reductions

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