Lumileds Reviews

3.4

48% would recommend to a friend

(427 total reviews)
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Steve Barlow

50% approve of CEO

16% positive business outlook

Lumileds has an employee rating of 3.4 out of 5 stars, based on 427 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Lumileds 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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427 reviews
1.0
9 Jun 2018
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Relaxed office because everyone is checked out. Good 401k match but no RSUs/options.

Cons

The red flags are endless. It is a toxic and political environment with epic incompetence of the engineering management, HR, and Recruiting. Your benefits still won't work properly after six months. It is not worth spending any amount of your life at this company. The mass exodus of good engineers continues steadily as of June 2018 and those still there are disgruntled and actively looking. There is zero real accountability from senior management and a dysfunctional silo structure, so directors/engineers fail at their jobs and are protected for years. There is no sense of product ownership to just get the job done. If you try, you are met with massive backlash from each silo and your own mgmt. Directors would rather blame and complain and posture instead of doing the work. In fact, my boss said that complaining a lot is what got him his position. The most frequent phrase I heard throughout the company was "that's not my job." My boss would lash out about the irrelevant, micromanage while ignoring everything critical, throw his direct reports under the bus, and build cases against us, all out of desperation due to his own insecurity and incompetence. Even after many reports to mgmt, universal recognition of his behavior and 100% turnover of his team, he is still there. Verbal tantrums and sexual harassment were tolerated and if you reported it you were gas-lighted and retaliated against by both mgmt and HR.

2.0
19 Jul 2016

Sinking Ship

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

- 401k match - International company, heavy travel culture gets you airline status - Opportunities to shine if you show initiative - Good Work/Life if you master political games (blame others/take credit)

Cons

- Too much favoritism (this may be a Pro, depending on your internal network) - Majority of capable people gone or leaving, company now very top heavy because retention bonuses and big incentives only paid to Directors and above. - Few promotion opportunities except for those with connections. Directors/VP's almost all external hires - New HR and corporate functions are clueless and out of touch. Hired in a rush when splitting from Philips, ended up with rejects from other companies - Increasing healthcare costs because of aging/preretirement workforce. Will not improve since Company doesn't invest in new or mid-career employees

2.0
4 Jun 2018
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Company policy is generally favouring to employee. Great company overall.

Cons

Office politics by Snr and Mid level Managers. Micro managing people to the extend that they want to be told when go to the loo or nursing room. Intentionally scheduling meeting during break hours while they have theirs much earlier and condemning people for not staying back. No proper training and using of offensive language. Name calling. Very Low level behaviour with subordinates. Favorism is practised. Indirect threatening regarding performance reviews. Not allowed to go for lunch with colleagues of other department. If you don’t condone their behaviour, they will bully you. HR too didn’t get improvement done. I had no choice to leave, cause changing of departments will not be approved.

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