A reliable paycheck, but it's been a nightmare. - Anonymous employee LH Battery Employee Review

1.0
3 May 2026
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

- Paycheck comes in on time. - Plant is large, so gives you lots of steps if you like to stay active at work. - Local-hire employees are nice people. - Salary is reasonable. - Seem to give opportunities for visa sponsorships.

Cons

-Much of the spoken and written language here is Korean. It is an extremely far stretch to call this an American company. It is very difficult to do your job or learn from your work if you can't even understand what is being communicated... -There are limited learning opportunities. This company struggles to break a vicious cycle where language barriers make it difficult to explain the work to English-speakers, so employees are not always given the opportunity to learn, which can result in them appearing less capable than they actually are. Then, it turns into "These Americans don't know how to do the work," so they are given fewer opportunities to do meaningful work. Rinse & repeat... -The strict divide between LG & Honda side of the organization is toxic and divisive. You are discouraged from collaboration because LG wants to keep their technology and workplace practices internal and not widely shared with Honda. -The demands surrounding work hours are outrageous. There is no regard for your personal life, and you are expected to work overtime on a regular and excessive basis, with no heads-up. You show up to work without knowing what time you will be back home that day. There is a comp time structure that lets you earn that time back in vacation time, but you have limited freedom over when you can use your vacation time because they are very under-staffed. -Most engineers at the plant are expected to regularly work 2nd and/or 3rd shift (engineers were hired with the expectation of working 1st shift), and there has been almost no attempt to negotiate or consider employee feedback before implementing drastic work hour changes. -You can explain all of this to your manager, and they do not appear to address these concerns, often referencing worse experiences in Korea ("In Korea, it is so much worse"). This culture is widespread enough that it feels like HR is not effectively addressing these issues.

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3.0
27 Dec 2025
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Pros

Good benefits state of the art facilities

Cons

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1.0
29 May 2026
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Pros

Invaluable experience in a complex field Pay is good for the area Excellent mentorship in some areas Great experience working with different diverse cultures and backgrounds Good benefits

Cons

Not very good at keeping promises concerning advancement and growth opportunity There is a stark difference between how LG leadership treats their employees and how the Honda leadership treats theirs, and it is very toxic and intense from the LG side. Expectation of essentially giving every ounce of your energy and time to your team, despite them giving none to you. Very chaotic work schedule, with 20+ hours of scheduled overtime per week on some occasions and flipping between 1st and 2nd shifts being the norm. Lack of communication and management in terms of goals, plans, and action items. Lack of prioritization of work and everything is “ASAP” until things fall through the cracks. A generous comp time structure, where your overtime can be taken off as PTO later, works in an ideal circumstance. but the expectation of constant work leaves it kind of useless. Vicious cycle of LG departments not trusting Honda departments with certain information or tasks, then blaming them for not being accept more responsibility.

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