Continental reviews

3.9

77% would recommend to a friend

(6,304 total reviews)
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Christian Kötz

69% approve of CEO

46% positive business outlook

Continental has an employee rating of 3.9 out of 5 stars, based on 6,304 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Continental 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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6K reviews
5.0
Aug 1, 2022
Recommend
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Pros

I love the people there. You had to put in your dues before becoming a machine Operator, but nothing that you wouldn't find anywhere else and to be expected. You had to be a packer for the requisite three months if you weren't a direct hire, but par for the course. I found the people, culture, and company as a whole to be encouraging, supportive, and laid back. The work was not generally physically demanding. They let you have a speaker to listen to music and you could have drinks at your station. Everyone there went above and beyond to make me feel part of the gang. Even though it's been a few months since I was there I still miss everybody :( The schedule was fifteen 12-hour days on and fifteen days off which I will list as both a pro and a con as every 2-3 days you swung from days to nights, but you only worked two weekends a month (one on days and one on nights) and the nature of this schedule tended to give you longer than average time off for the holidays. Oh, I almost forgot- they like to do special things for their employees once a month, like they will get some kind of food truck. One month it might be tenderloins and burgers and the next it could be ice cream. Sometimes, they would take all our orders for a local eatery or they would treat us to pizza. The long haulers would grumble about management or certain policies that maybe I didn't have insight into not having worked there for very long, but on the whole it seemed that management and the company was very caring for their employees.

Cons

The Operator job looks deceptively simple, but had somewhat of a learning curve which was frustrating to me personally because everyone made it look so easy, but no one ever gave me guff about it. In fact, everyone there was rooting for me more than I was. I had more than a 30 minute commute both ways and going from days to nights and back again every few days made the 12-hour shifts interminable. The nature of the work was fairly repetitive (I know that this is probably true of most factories, but not all) and just made it too long of a day for me. Although, I understand they have a couple other areas of the plant with a more standard schedule; Added Value which paid a bit less and I forgot the name of the area in back, but I believe the pay there was equivalent.

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Continental Response
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Thank you so much for this detailed review. We love our people, too! We are really happy to hear about your positive experiences with us, but also thank you for taking the time to offer areas for improvement as well. We will always be rooting for you. Please feel free to stay in touch and connect with us by email at careers@conti-na.com. Best regards, The Employer Branding team (HR Communications)
1.0
Jul 8, 2022

No Integrity

Recommend
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Pros

The perks available for customers

Cons

Management is deceptive, they take no responsibility for poor planning. They have favorites, and it is not based on performance.

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