Lack of direction and accountability, messaging flawed
Pros
Amazingly talented people to work with. Lots of enthusiasm and excitement with circumstances changing daily. Hyper growth new hire momentum, new well lit offices, and future manufacturing plants going into construction.
Cons
Chinese management is clueless about automobile manufacturing business. Designers seem to be running the show, leaving engineers frustrated as management is enamored by pretty pictures and tend to not push back and protect engineering goals. Worst part about this is the vast majority of designers are concept car designers -- they've never brought a car to production so cost savings, sensitivity to weight distribution & aerodynamics tend to go out the window. Majority of employee promotions are doled out to the Chinese speaking employees, rarely for Americans (unless they find out you're going to quit). Employees see this and it's infuriating. Marketing department seems to have their hands tied as well, most of the team is forced to carry out the bidding of their poorly informed Chinese marketing overlords telling them what to do, which 99.9% of the time takes zero consideration about how messaging is perceived by Americans -- mostly amateur or copy-cat ideas from China. They say they are working toward a grand vision, and it's a true and noble cause, however the ideas and technology are identical to what OEMs are already announcing and building.
