JLR reviews

Not a nice atmosphere. Bullying atmosphere sometimes, particularly from management. The way that one manager spoke to me was awful on one occasion, totally unprofessional. I was aware of several people on PIPs (performance improvement plans) including myself - about 5 people, out of an office of only 50 people. I knew two of these people, and thought they were on a PIP unfairly. I think mine was unfair too. All 3 of us left the company shortly afterwards. Cleaners didn't do the kitchen area. So all developers had a rota. When it was your turn, you had to take everyone's mugs, put in the dishwasher, take them out, etc... everywhere else I have worked has hired a cleaner to do this. Lack of work when I was there. One developer was placed on a manual testing job for about 2 months. He left because of it. He was one of the people on a PIP and told me that he thought he'd been placed on this job because the company wanted him to quit.

1. Limited career advancement - pay is below market-rate (even for the West) and promotions are frozen 2. Poor direction from upper management. Vague targets lead to busy-work and just spinning your wheels 3. Inadequate planning constantly leads to completed work being tossed when it becomes redundant 4. Graduate Programme is very little to write home about 5. Stagnant atmosphere, constant resignations and bleak company outlook dampens motivation