Limited Progression - Design Engineer JLR Employee Review

3.0
Oct 13, 2021
Recommend
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Pros

Prestigeous Brand Proud to work here Areas of the business are innovative New offices in Gaydon are clean and modern Access to vehicles (if in the right area of the business) Great place to start your career (graduate scheme).. you can learn alot and make it work for you if you approach it right. However, it ends abruptly and progress from here onwards is difficult. See Cons.

Cons

Poor workplace culture Alot of internal politics Difficult to progress post graduate scheme Waterfall / cascade nature of seniority Very hierarchical structure - hard to get heard / be respected without the necessary badges or stripes

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5.0
Oct 9, 2025
Recommend
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Pros

- Amazing work culture and work life balance - As a designer the world is your oyster of how you want to grow and develop - Manager is amazing at communicating your needs and empathizing with you - Everyone is driven to be a better designer and so much support from everyone

Cons

- Having to work sometimes really early or nighttime due to time zone differences with some of the people we work with - Projects & goals sometimes have to change in the week to better fit business needs and team goals.

4.0
Apr 20, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Great work life balance Supportive environment

Cons

If you fall in the less than 3 years experience bucket, your best shot is the new graduate positions which have terrible pay and full-time employment after 2-years is not guaranteed.

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