90s mindset still prevailing - Anonymous employee Volvo Cars Employee Review

2.0
May 21, 2018
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

- Growing and recognized brand - Decent product portfolio - Tons of development opportunities

Cons

- No governance on employee performance - Promotions are 100% subjective - Outdated digital infrastructure - Average age is high thus the mindset and culture are very old - HQ is almost 90% Swedes, major steps needed for international diversity - Regions are highly disconnected from HQ - Workplace is very bland and boring, feels like 1990s - Extremely slow decision making

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