No longer the "old" Bose... - Engineering Bose Employee Review

3.0
27 Mar 2015
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Good salary; 401K and a pension plan, decent vacation and sick/personal days benefit. Good corporate facilities...

Cons

Bose was formerly driven by engineering. Over the years, it is slowly being controlled by the bean counters. Jobs are moving to Asia and there are periodic layoffs. What was once an agile, responsive company has become mired down in procedures, and a painfully slow, unfriendly corporate wide Product Life cycle Management system. Products take forever to come to market. Engineers wade through procedural standards instead of doing their job. Company is under constant attack from Asian engineered products being sold at a fraction of the price.

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5.0
25 May 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

- Friendly mentors - Coffee chats - Invaluable work experience from projects - Presentation opportunities

Cons

Company discourages F-1 OPT employment.

4.0
10 Jun 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Major transformation in progress. New Senior Leadership team making all the right moves. Transparent executive communications to employees. Shedding the old obsolete ways while keeping the Bose Essence

Cons

Lots of change all at once (but it is communicated - it is not a surprise)

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