Continental Algorithm Development Engineer reviews

4.0

92% would recommend to a friend

(35 total reviews)
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Christian Kötz

30% approve of CEO

19% positive business outlook

Algorithm Development Engineer employees have rated Continental with 4.0 out of 5 stars, based on 35 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Algorithm Development Engineer professionals have a good working experience there. Continental is rated in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) by Algorithm Development Engineer professionals compared to other employers within the Manufactura industry (3.5 stars).

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35 reviews
1.0
Dec 17, 2016
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Pros

The site is located in a picturesque tourist attraction, and the workforce is very multicultural and has an abundance of talent and experience.

Cons

A brutal and unforgiving working culture which strays sometimes to the wrong side of abusive. The management team is preoccupied with internicene warfare and poisonous personality conflicts. Stand-up shouting matches in the corridors are not unheard of. Some outright bullying and intimidation has occurred also. The management team is very inexperienced and chaotic. The workplace exists in a state of permanent crunch-time where employees are expected to work (unpaid) overtime or to travel abroad with little to no notice to compensate for the lack of planning and weak leadership. The most experienced and talented team members are belittled, sidelined and ignored. Understaffing, impossible deadlines, pure-fiction fantasy requirements, inexperienced, underpaid and demotivated colleagues in "best cost" locations have created a "perfect storm" of quality and maintainability issues. Technical debt is out of this world, and an epic blame game has ensued. The occasional (bogus) threat that individual developers will be held legally liable for bugs does not help. Overall, it is a terrifying and exhausting place to work. Expect it to damage your relationships, your sanity and your physical health.

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Continental Response
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Dear colleague, thank you very much for your feedback on Glassdoor. The Continental location Lewes has increased its staff in the last 3 year by more than 50% which relaxed the tense project situation considerably. We are aware that top performance requires team work and cooperation. Therefore we support flat hierarchies, openness and respect within the daily work. This applies also to leader who perform their responsibility with a cooperative leadership style. We strive to foster every employee individually depending on his/her abilities. We offer leadership development programmes for our managers and we are continuously increasing the number of available trainings for managers and staff. We operate a trust based flexi working time and although we don’t pay overtime we compensate employees with time off in lieu. Best regards, Continental Career Team
4.0
Aug 29, 2016

Algorithm Engineer

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Pros

Good industrial knowledge and connections Research work Employees taken care of

Cons

Man management is not proper Research project planning is not detailed and fluctuates dynamically in short period of time

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