Navistar Defense - Stay Away - Anonymous employee International Employee Review

-Serious financial problems resulting possibly in bankruptcy or being acquired by another company within the next 5 years -Company doesn't know its own identity -Engineering and other costs completely out of control; ND cannot bid competitively -Trucks the company built (outside of MRAP) are poorly designed and built -Navistar Defense swung and missed on major contracts like JLTV, SMP, GMV, AMPV, etc. etc. -Company is trying to embrace continuous improvement, but has traditionally followed destructive patterns of re-organization, re-structuring, layoffs and other reactionary management techniques that make executives feel they are doing what’s right -Company outsourced key roles to expensive consultants to capture business -Company outsourced a lot of IT support offshore -No use of earned value management for projects, which normally is a USG requirement -Top heavy organization of underperforming executives with massively bloated salaries -Management does not care about the employees at all, resulting in an “us vs. them” toxic culture -Directors tell employees conflicting things making assignments confusing and difficult -Departments operate in silos, making decisions to their benefit while at the expense of another -Fluctuating workload means it can be slow for months and then completely out of control at other times -Short-term thinking abounds which results in short-term savings, but long-term increase in costs -Company relies too heavily on commercial practices despite them not being efficient or effective -Company can’t figure out its identity after years and years of declining sales -Improperly staffed and several key positions have not been filled in many years -Business Development and Purchasing make too many decisions while other functions are left out -Company’s arrogance blinds them to problems and hurts ability to learn from mistakes -Performance Management System is poor; most employees are doomed to get a “3” (average) no matter how many hours they put in -Succession planning and development is rarely, if ever talked about -Little to no chance for promotion due to flattened organizational structure (i.e. everyone reports to a VP or some Director) and financial problems -Poor communication on deadlines, projects and meetings resulting in a fire drill culture filled with daily surprises -Low morale due to financial sickness of corporation -No accountability, some people consistently miss work and claim to “work from home” and make relentless excuses -Four rounds of lay-offs mean no job security -Skeleton crew left behind where some people are stretched very thin, doing the work of 2-3 jobs -Training opportunities are rare because company is clamping down hard on costs - Job descriptions are misleading or inaccurate - After the lay-offs, so many people have quit that the company is in panic mode to retain the few that are left - Company has a pension plan underfunded by $2.7 billion, so don’t count on a pension upon retirement -No recognition