Wabtec Reviews

3.7

69% would recommend to a friend

(1,329 total reviews)
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Rafael Santana

80% approve of CEO

69% positive business outlook

Wabtec has an employee rating of 3.7 out of 5 stars, based on 1,329 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Wabtec 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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2.0
3 May 2017
Recommend
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Pros

The physical office is new and looks nice. You don't have to worry too much about work/life balance being a problem.

Cons

Pay is well below market standard and benefits are mediocre at best. Several engineers have gone years without a performance review or merit increase. There is little feedback on your job performance overall. Cooperation between departments and engineering teams is very poor. People seem to like to carve out a kingdom and stick to it. Upper management is severely lacking in leadership and transparency. They do not inspire anyone to go out of their way at all and mostly stay in their offices with the door closed. The whole aura screams "go away, I don't want to talk to you." Management does not engage or challenge employees, and they have no respect from any of the people working in the office. This is not an engineering firm. They have no process in place to develop software, and the code they do have is so bad that it is at critical mass and is no longer maintainable. Despite that, management seems blind to these issues, even when they are repeatedly told they cannot continue this way. Even customers are starting to notice the problems. Employees are leaving like they are on a sinking ship and management cannot even begin to fathom why.

1.0
27 Mar 2017
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

None (maybe schadenfreude) actually, one positive -- it's impossible to get fired no matter how incompetent you are (really a negative because of all the dead weight and horrible managers)

Cons

way below market value salaries no pay raises (I know several people who have waited YEARS for management to complete an "annual" appraisal.) horrible benefits (worst options for healthcare I've ever seen) hostile work environment incompetent management horrible work environment (loud, distracting, no labs or equipment) all complaints, constructive criticism, and suggestions are completely ignored no integrity in management (slimy used car salesmen who lie and blow smoke) no responsibility in management (always have an excuse for their failures; always someone else's fault) no trust in management no opportunities for advancement obsolete technology/languages hypocrites who do not follow company core values employees not seen as human beings; only seen as resources to be used or tossed

1.0
4 Apr 2019
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

New office building in pipeline. Current one doesn't even have proper air conditioning and washrooms.

Cons

-Don't go by the fake reviews posted on this site. That is being done specifically to bring the average rating up. Recently company policies where changed to make Notice period 3 months(even during probation). And they added a bond of 2 years for employees traveling onsite even for a month. The Notice period is a noose around the neck, which will slowly kill the employee's will to work. - Work timings are 9 hrs by Law. 7 hrs mandatory or half day. - They don't pay much. Hikes are very less. -The management doesn't care about the employees at all. They keep things secretive as if we work for some defense organization. -The HR is worthless, they are not available . If you have issues they say they don't have time. But act like gods. They make policies which will benefit them. -HR rolls out offer with a salary much lower than expected but doesn't think of calling once to discuss things. If you do they don't pick. -People are unhappy and thats a regular discussion on the floor, but there is no one who can help. - 10 years behind on Technologies.

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