From bad management to worse - Senior Software Engineer Volvo Cars Employee Review

2.0
16 Feb 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

- OK work life balance - Still make great cars when they get the software right - Proud safety heritage

Cons

- Culture of "consensus" with endless meetings. Management criticizes it but then regularly calls pointless all-hands. - Need to transform tech but rarely have the courage to spend or change (outside the factories) - Destroy morale with ineffective HR policies (5 days in the office, no critical hires, worsening comp, no promotion or raise, etc) - Never hold mediocre employees accountable for performance, especially in management - Steadily eliminate jobs in Europe and US so they can hire in India

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5.0
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Pros

Get to learn lot of new things

Cons

Sometimes I feel there is a gap between teams vision.

2.0
20 May 2026
Recommend
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Pros

20 days PTO to start Expectations are so low that it's easy to be a top performer No accountability or ownership of anything No clear strategy No sense of urgency Weak leadership that blames all financial issues on tariffs Cult-like mentality among the workforce

Cons

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