Was a great company, going downhill since Aptiv acquisition - Sales Wind River Employee Review

2.0
20 Nov 2025
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

-Long term tenure for engineers for sales support -Great people, who have been with the company for decades -Work life balance is great -Wind River has been a leader in Aerospace and Defense for over 4 decades -Good benefits

Cons

-The culture is gone- outside leadership coming into the business -Major comp plan changes-pay is in favor of leadership, not the people who drive the revenue -Series of layoffs in the past 2 years -Behind in technology edge and cloud platforms -Five + years ago, this was 5 star company to work for, today it is a 2 star.

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5.0
10 Mar 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

The team in the marketing department was very collaborative and fostered a healthy work environment

Cons

Remote due to Covid, so not a lot of cross functional team opportunities

2.0
30 Mar 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Good work/life balance Interesting work Smart People Good PTO

Cons

Lots of staff changes and layoffs Culture changed since Aptiv acquisition. Just the feeling is different Benefits shrinking. Things like eliminating a couple weeks of wellness shutdowns and starting to add copays to individual insurance. Reduced chance of bonus payouts

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