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Federal-Mogul

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Federal-Mogul reviews

3.6

68% would recommend to a friend

(500 total reviews)

Rainer Jueckstock and Brad Norton

77% approve of CEO

47% positive business outlook

Federal-Mogul has an employee rating of 3.6 out of 5 stars, based on 500 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Federal-Mogul employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Manufacturing industry (3.5 stars).

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500 reviews
1.0
Dec 16, 2011
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Broad product line for OE and aftermarket. Still some good people to work with, but a lot of turn over in the past few years.

Cons

Very toxic work environment with the current leadership. Very unprofessional. Executives "lead" by fear and it trickles down to all levels. Many people have left or have health issues due to stress.

1.0
Dec 5, 2011
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Some people you meet genuinely care about their job but are held back by politics and back stabbers. Has potential for worldwide travel if you get decent opportunity

Cons

Was taken on graduate scheme after fighting off 1500 applicants and though would get a decent graduate scheme to help build a foundation. Seems I was wrong, graduate scheme was a rediculous waste of 2 years where we spent 3 months working at different sites around the UK on NOTHING!!!!. They promised projects to be working on but instead give you no support and ask you to work on menial tasks even someone on an internship would be embarrassed to do. Low retention rates are evident due to the company just caring about making money rather than employees. Also people in charge of graduate scheme most unorganized group of people you will ever meet, even management dont beleieve in the graduate scheme and just see it as a farce. You will be given no responsibility as they dont want you near anything useful.

1.0
Oct 16, 2011
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Promotions. All the talent left the company for better pay, work environments, and quality of life. Federal-Mogul is a great stepping stone to get the promotion you want due to the vacant positions at all the plants and the corporate headquarters. The pay will not be competitive in salary but they are improving. Get the desired salary at signing because merit increases are insignificant if they happen at all. You will need to have thick skin and handle the constant barrage of verbal attacks as well as the high pressure and long days. Burn out is inevitable at all levels.

Cons

No recognition of people, toxic work environment, no investment in the future of people or the product, etc. Federal-Mogul executives manage the company like private equity firms manage their companies. They have no regard for people at all levels. They demand unrealistic workloads to the point that people have to work 12-14 hours per day and 7 days per week just to try to minimize abuse for not getting it all complete (the management style abroad for getting the most out of people). They focus exclusively on impressing investors as well as profitable growth with no support or vision of getting the desired improvements and they'll make drastic cuts of any kind to force bottom line improvements.

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