The Hunger Games - Anonymous employee Honda R & D Americas Employee Review

There are so many cons here, I do not know where to start. -In sum, working at Honda R&D is like experiencing the Hunger Games - live. -People pretend to like others for career development purposes in hope of getting promoted. -Most of the managers are Honda are unprofessional at best. -Backstabbing is commonplace. -Brown nosing is the full-time job of the majority. -If sucking up to managers is not your thing - you will have no future here. Unfortunately, achievement is measured by how much you suck up to the managers. -What managers THINK you do is most important as opposed to what you ACTUALLY do. -True hard work is overlooked. -People are very competitive for promotions although promotions, overall, are very rare. Some people can be ruthless. -Staying late (unreasonable hours of the night) is what gets you a promotion. People often compete as to who stays later because, in Japanese culture, staying late is perceived as working hard as opposed to mismanaging your time. -The majority of Honda employees have stayed 10+ years in the same position without a promotion. There are employees in their 50s with "analyst" positions. -On a daily basis, I witness employees back-stabbing each other and speaking very poorly of each other - in a very unprofessional way...not even discretely. -Foul language is common in formal settings (i.e. meetings). -The caliber of the majority of employees is not competitive. Honda is not the place to be if you want to learn from others and grow in the industry. It is a graveyard for the ambitious. -Compensation is pretty low for the overall experience. The management expects very high caliber employees and sets high expectations - but at the same time wants to compensate them significantly below market average. -Honda culture is resistant to change. -Over-paranoid about potential "spies" and leaks of Honda "top secret" documents. -Who still uses cubicles in 2016? -They are the laughing stock of the auto industry - and are not keeping up with the change. -Many expect the company to go out of business or potentially be purchased by another major auto maker. -Turnover is very high. -You will be surrounded either by ruthless or unambitious employees - there are only two extremes. -It's difficult to trust any of your colleagues. -Working at Honda is like having a government job that is stuck in the 1970s. In short, you have been warned. Do not work here unless you absolutely cannot find a job.