Does Nidec pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Nidec employees rate their compensation and benefits as 3.4 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Nidec. This rating has decreased by 6% over the last 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Nidec?

61% of Nidec employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated Nidec 3.2 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.1 for culture and values and 3.3 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Nidec?

Engineer (26) , Project Manager (8) , Sales Manager (8) , Auxiliar De Produção (7) , Mechanical Engineer (7) , Software Engineer (7) , Supervisor (7) , Manager (6) , QA Engineer (6) , Sales (6) , Ingeniero De Calidad (5) , Machine Operator (5) , Project Engineer (5) , Quality Assurance Engineer (5) , Senior Engineer (5)

What are the pros of working at Nidec according to real employee reviews?

"Good People : I was there for 4 years and those people are some of my best friends." ((in 23 reviews)); "the pay is good ,people are nice" ((in 17 reviews)); "Most colleagues are friendly and easy to work with, and the office atmosphere is generally positive." ((in 15 reviews)); "working environment is great in this company" ((in 9 reviews)); "Friendly coworkers." ((in 6 reviews))

What are the cons of working at Nidec according to real employee reviews?

"Poor management; my direct manager would often fail to assign us work to do, and would disappear without advanced warning for days at a time." ((in 26 reviews)); "Low salary for an Engineer and Lack of benefits" ((in 23 reviews)); "No work life balance and need to provide more benefits" ((in 9 reviews)); "japanese culture and" ((in 9 reviews)); "managers can "motivate" 5 of 8 of their engineers to leave the company and no one asks a question what's wrong with this manager/director?" ((in 7 reviews))

What are employees saying about Nidec layoffs in 2026?

Explore Glassdoor’s employee reviews to understand what current and former employees are saying about Nidec layoffs and their outlook for job security at Nidec in 2026.

What are the top reviewed Nidec locations?

Saint Louis , Saint Charles , Chicago , Lexington , Mena , Mankato , Minster , Auburn Hills , Shelbyville , Akron , North Canton , Independence , Hoffman Estates , Syracuse , Southaven , Minneapolis , Princeton , Fort Wayne , Cleveland , Los Angeles , San Jose , Houma , Detroit , Novi , Eden Prairie , Saint Paul , Evansville , Indianapolis , Middletown , Eastlake

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3.6

61% would recommend to a friend

(413 total reviews)

Shigenobu Nagamori

77% approve of CEO

52% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

3.4

Compensation and benefits

3.3

Career opportunities

3.2

Diversity & inclusion

3.2

Work/Life balance

3.1

Culture & values

2.9

Senior management

Nidec has an employee rating of 3.6 out of 5 stars, based on 413 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Nidec 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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413 reviews

3.0

Sep 10, 2012

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Business Outlook

Pros

Lots of training and opportunities to grow but very hard to get reward

Cons

Low salary, stress and always urgent

3.0

Aug 18, 2012

it so hard to work with full of OT and no day off

Factory worker

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

the salary is high with shuttle and meal allowance too

Cons

some of the land lady always yell

4.0

Jul 11, 2012

i operated different knds of machine there,also they provide me enough knwledge to knw what kind of product they produce

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

they provide best training and opportunity to enhance and excel your skills and abilitty to improve.

Cons

very strict to their rules.

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