Dyson RDD reviews

3.7

3% would recommend to a friend

(18 total reviews)

Hanno Kirner

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3% positive business outlook

RDD employees have rated Dyson with 3.7 out of 5 stars, based on 18 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most RDD professionals have a good working experience there. Dyson is rated in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) by RDD professionals compared to other employers within the Manufacturing industry (3.5 stars).

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18 reviews
1.0
Feb 2, 2021
Recommend
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Pros

Most the people you work with are good people... problem is they're all looking to leave so won't be there much longer.

Cons

Where to start... Its been quite a tragic journey for Dyson over the last few years, its really lost its way. It no longer cares about the individual (you or I), or the customer. It simply cares about making more money, and if that means sacking people in the middle of a global pandemic, then so be it! A lot of people on here point to Robot Roland (our CEO), which I don't think is particularly fair. This all stems from James Dyson. As he's got older and richer he's become more and more disengaged from the company. He's got much greedier, arrogant and bitter, (you know what they say, as you get older your worst traits come out stronger). Back to Robot Roland, think of him as an empty suit. He takes his orders in the Boardroom and duly issues them out, even if they are beyond what's legally allowed (like forcing staff back into the office during a national lockdown). What our CEO and Founder have failed to realise is that we are not robots, we are not here just to make a bitter old man richer. So we have started to push back on the nonsense, which they don't like, so they're now doing round after round of redundancies (even after promising there won't be more). The place used to be a fun place to work, now its like trudging through mud.

1.0
Nov 10, 2020
Recommend
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Pros

Fantastic people. Intelligent, motivated, creative, inspiring.

Cons

Dyson used to be a happy company to work for, with excellent personal development opportunities and high moral amongst it's people. This year it has sadly continued to alienate the remaining work force who were struggling to come to terms with the shocking redundancies which were announced late summer and to deal with their increasing workload as a result. Forcing employees to work in the office full time 48 hours into a national lock down, when they have successfully proven they can work effectively from home over the last 8 months, regardless of the fact there have been 13 confirmed covid cases on site in the last week, is the final straw. Morale is shattered, people are giving up.

1.0
Nov 10, 2020
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Canteen People on the ground. Always getting things done and collaborating despite the management.

Cons

Where to start?! Forcing RDD teams in during lockdown 2 whether you can work from home effectively or not. Despite everyone’s hard work this year, they are now making it mandatory to put 10% of your workers in the needs improvement category. Sold as a positive - but workers put in that bracket will receive no bonus! Sure, they will really understand this. How are managers supposed to do this to their teams who have performed over and above despite Covid19 and the shambles around them. Taking registers to ensure we are all present, multiple times a day! The company has lost every single drop of its focus and care for its workforce. We are now numbers and boy are those numbers being reporting on to make sure we turn up for work in a pandemic against government guidelines. HR seem to be powerless to influence the big cheeses. Rumours of more redundancies and outsourcing despite business performing well and at last years levels. Referring to the workforce as “engineers and others”. My colleagues outside of RDD are really enjoying that label. Every day is chaos. Ever changing priorities and knee jerk decisions, more and more work being piled on but with a reducing headcount. All under then false banner of campus culture. The culture is now toxic.

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