Does Nidec pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Nidec employees rate their compensation and benefits as 3.3 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Nidec. This rating has decreased by 7% over the last 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Nidec?

60% of Nidec employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated Nidec 3.2 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.1 for culture and values and 3.3 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Nidec?

Engineer (26) , Project Manager (8) , Sales Manager (8) , Auxiliar De Produção (7) , Software Engineer (7) , Supervisor (7) , Manager (6) , Mechanical Engineer (6) , QA Engineer (6) , Sales (6) , Ingeniero De Calidad (5) , Machine Operator (5) , Project Engineer (5) , Quality Assurance Engineer (5) , Senior Engineer (5)

What are the pros of working at Nidec according to real employee reviews?

"Good People : I was there for 4 years and those people are some of my best friends." ((in 25 reviews)); "Most colleagues are friendly and easy to work with, and the office atmosphere is generally positive." ((in 16 reviews)); "Decent benefits, plenty of opportunities for travel" ((in 15 reviews)); "Good rate of pay Good hours, no forced weekends Nice amount of breaks" ((in 14 reviews)); "Some good training and upskilling opportunities." ((in 7 reviews))

What are the cons of working at Nidec according to real employee reviews?

"Poor management; my direct manager would often fail to assign us work to do, and would disappear without advanced warning for days at a time." ((in 27 reviews)); "Low salary for an Engineer and Lack of benefits" ((in 24 reviews)); "japanese culture and" ((in 10 reviews)); "No work life balance and need to provide more benefits" ((in 9 reviews)); "managers can "motivate" 5 of 8 of their engineers to leave the company and no one asks a question what's wrong with this manager/director?" ((in 7 reviews))

What are employees saying about Nidec layoffs in 2026?

Explore Glassdoor’s employee reviews to understand what current and former employees are saying about Nidec layoffs and their outlook for job security at Nidec in 2026.

What are the top reviewed Nidec locations?

Saint Louis , Saint Charles , Chicago , Lexington , Mena , Mankato , Minster , Auburn Hills , Shelbyville , Akron , North Canton , Independence , Hoffman Estates , Syracuse , Southaven , Minneapolis , Princeton , Fort Wayne , Cleveland , Los Angeles , San Jose , Detroit , Novi , Eden Prairie , Saint Paul , Evansville , Indianapolis , Middletown , Eastlake , Torrance

Nidec reviews

3.6

60% would recommend to a friend

(412 total reviews)

Shigenobu Nagamori

77% approve of CEO

51% positive business outlook

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Nidec has an employee rating of 3.6 out of 5 stars, based on 412 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Nidec employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Manufacturing industry (3.5 stars).

Reviews by job title

412 reviews

5.0

Mar 31, 2016

Great chance to grow.

President

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

A lot of room for each employee to handle his role.

Cons

a little bit long working hours.

1.0

Feb 7, 2016

Culture is too Japanese

Sales engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

strong balance sheet with no debt.

Cons

core business in making disk drive motor is in trouble, market decline with technology shifting to solid state

3.0

Feb 2, 2016

Many good people here, but egos were big and could get in the way

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Stable with good products and seemingly good vision. There are some incredible people here. There were a wide range of challenges and room for growth and personal development. Benefits were pretty good as well.

Cons

Communication between departments was often lacking. Some big egos would get in the way and/or cause a toxic environment. Management would sometimes play along with this instead of trying to solve it. In some cases, new employees were not correctly trained for the systems and processes necessary to do their jobs correctly.

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