ams OSRAM reviews

-The workforce in general seems beaten down and tired. A culture of squeezing every ounce of productivity out of one person has led to some great people becoming burnt out and helpless. People are forced into doing the job of 2 or 3, often doing tasks that are not related to their core job and tend to be dissatisfiers. Often positions have no 'back-up', so you either don't take days off, work on your vacation, or have everything break down in your absence. -Myopic focus on the financials has taken its toll on the employee (see above) and product. It has created a culture of hiring temporary/contract workers to avoid cost of benefits. -The company is steered by German Leadership which is wholly disconnected from the US operations...which leads to.... -Multiple layers of approval are needed to do anything. This creates a slow moving, cumbersome company that cannot react to industry changes...which leads to... -The company just feels antiquated. From product offerings to employee resources. HR Systems are poorly implemented, purchasing processes are vague and not intuitive. -Changing industry to LED has left this 'manufacturing' company struggling to remain relevant. OSI is still very much a manufacturing company when it needs to be a technology company. -This is a big one. Company culture lacks the incentive for young workers with new ideas to join up. Millennials are few and far between. Those that have joined the company stick out like a sore thumb. There is very little training in place to help young workers develop the skills they need to become future leaders.

Global matrix organization where you frequently report to someone overseas who has no direct knowledge of your work, workload, or business. Limited local or regional resources. Headcount not being replaced means your daily workload increases with each retirement or resignation as their workload gets distributed among the remaining people. Very poor raises/merit increases in the ballpark of 2.5-3% when they happen. Upper management is historically not good, and changes every 2-3 years resulting in a complete lack of consistent vision or mission. Most set policy for the company without understanding the impact on the various individual organizations within it, causing harm to many of them through their lack of knowledge of that business and lack of support for it.