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Continental Battery Systems

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Continental Battery Systems reviews

3.1

44% would recommend to a friend

(155 total reviews)

Chris Alberta

37% approve of CEO

43% positive business outlook

Continental Battery Systems has an employee rating of 3.1 out of 5 stars, based on 155 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Continental Battery Systems employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Retail & Wholesale industry (3.5 stars).

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155 reviews
5.0
Mar 2, 2016
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

From top to bottom a great team to be a part of for last 5 years. It is fun to come to work everyday that is hard to find in a company.

Cons

Sometimes not enough time in a day to get everything done. But I rather be busy then waiting for the phone to ring.

4.0
Feb 10, 2016

Great Company

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

all aspects are pros it is a lot of fun

Cons

nothing I can think of

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Continental Battery Systems Response
10y
Thank you for your input! While I am glad to hear from a promoter, I am also happy to receive “bad” news. Success is built upon commitment to many corrections, and not on getting it right the first time. Please talk with your supervisor or HR to make sure to let us know where you see growth available (because we know that these opportunities are always present for every company). Keep up the great work (nothing else is worth it)! Best Regards, Todd Scott Director of HR
1.0
Feb 6, 2016

Not at HQ

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Not important here. Listen to your people- everyone is scared of what their regional will do if they tell HQ whats reelly happens. Certain regionals have awful rep, some not too bad. Why?

Cons

Don't be fooled by the recent handful of "terrific place" posts. Clearly HQ prompted people to help save the sinking rating.

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Continental Battery Systems Response
10y
Thank you for your input! I hear you saying, as a former employee, that everyone is scared of their regional, that regionals have mixed reviews, that sales persons hate working for the company, and that turnover is through the roof. I am sure that there are people without good relationships with their managers, and I am sure that due to the nature of people, some of these folks may be scared. I also know that for as long as people walk the earth, there are going to be mixed reviews about just about everything, but especially people in leadership roles.  …And some of these folks will exercise their ability to move on to something that makes them more effective or even happier. Still, that does not stop us from making an effort to improve. It is because we know that not everyone chooses to volunteer information when things are not going right that we create opportunities to share. We have multiple satisfaction surveys annually, we offer exit surveys, and have an HR team very highly rated by our employees (yes, I am bragging on my team members) that are ready to receive employee comments and concerns, we perform 360 reviews, we get on a plane or car and move to visit the same day that a problem is identified, and we provide proactive leadership training focused on the employee experience. Yet, we tend to get very positive reviews from active team members and not so positive reviews from folks that have decided to leave. Some of this is self-evident. People that could be happier somewhere else, for whatever reason, leave for their right fit. This is not a bad thing. Some things are easy to fix and some are herculean. Your comments tend to focus on the relational, which, without the interested parties present and collaboratively committed, do not easily move toward terrific for everyone rapidly. We work to make it easy for people to come forward with their issues so they can be addressed. Regarding turnover, you noted that you were a former sales manager from Modesto. The last sales manager from Modesto that left was in 2012. Modesto has had 0% turnover of sales manager staff in 2015. In fact, all of region 904 (under one Regional Manger) has 0% turnover of sales manager staff in 2015. To date, there have been zero negative comments associated with this manager as well. With 100% of the survey respondents in the region noting positive branch performance with no investigation necessary. Perhaps this is one of the good regionals that that you spoke of; we certainly think so. I hope that you have found a perfect fit with your new employer and are enjoying your new position! Best Regards, Todd Scott Director of HR
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