Good development teams, poor middle and senior management - Software Engineer Zenith Vehicles Employee Review

2.0
Nov 25, 2025
Recommend
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Pros

Strong, dedicated development teams, good spirit despite regular rounds of redundancies over the years. Nice office building, good transport links. Decent perks. Strong focus on training and skill-building.

Cons

Short-sighted penny-pinching in IT, run by accountants who know the cost of everything and the value of nothing. Constant squabbles between dev and infra/cloud teams. IT middle-management ('heads of') generally poor - a nest of snakes. Unpaid on-call. Avoid IT Support / helpdesk - seriously understaffed with constant burnout and illness. Avoid the Commercial vehicles division - tech stuck in the '90s and seriously lacking investment. Bonuses not paid out. Can be a volatile industry to work in.

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2.0
May 6, 2021
Recommend
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Pros

Stable job that doesnt pay great. Nice office and facilities. Cant really think of anything else.

Cons

Constant feeling of being micromanaged and called up for the slightest of reasons. Apparently you cant need the toilet more than twice a day according to my old manager. Definitely would not recommend unless you're absolutely desperate n fancy loosing the will to live between 845-1730.

1.0
Nov 22, 2022
Recommend
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Pros

- Some talented people to work with - Flexible working

Cons

- Micro management approach - Underpaid - Hire too many contractors - Lack of investment in staff - Top heavy management structure - Cliques

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