A decent auto OEM company in Budapest - System Engineer JLR Employee Review

4.0
Aug 26, 2024
Recommend
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Pros

The review is for JLR's Budapest office. Good pay, good benefits. I liked the health insurance benefit, even though I didn't happen to need it much. Office is not bad, there's free coffee that's actually good. They give you decent IT devices for your use, though the devices in the office (dockers, meeting room equipment) could be better maintained. If you work in automotive and are fed up with German companies, JLR can give you a somewhat different experience. The company is rather woke, which for me is neither pro/con, but it comes with lots of events in the name of international culture, diversity-inclusion, etc. These often come with a free breakfast or something... Though I know for some people it's a bit much. There's a high ratio of non-Hungarian workers, English is the default language, and generally most people are young.

Cons

Poor career advancement prospects. Way too much company newsletter spam. Since everyone is young, there's some feeling of 'blind leading the blind' effect. Communicating with people in other locations tends to be difficult, sometimes you can't make progress cause the person you need just ghosts you. They seem to transform and reimagine processes and workflows faster than people can learn them, leading to confusion.

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5.0
Oct 9, 2025
Recommend
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Pros

- Amazing work culture and work life balance - As a designer the world is your oyster of how you want to grow and develop - Manager is amazing at communicating your needs and empathizing with you - Everyone is driven to be a better designer and so much support from everyone

Cons

- Having to work sometimes really early or nighttime due to time zone differences with some of the people we work with - Projects & goals sometimes have to change in the week to better fit business needs and team goals.

4.0
Apr 20, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Great work life balance Supportive environment

Cons

If you fall in the less than 3 years experience bucket, your best shot is the new graduate positions which have terrible pay and full-time employment after 2-years is not guaranteed.

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