Volex Reviews

3.5

61% would recommend to a friend

(38 total reviews)

Ray Walsh

69% approve of CEO

46% positive business outlook

Volex has an employee rating of 3.5 out of 5 stars, based on 38 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Volex 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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38 reviews
3.0
13 Feb 2017

Decent Place

Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

The degree of freedom and lack of control make up for a good combination if you are the typical hustler results oriented type of person. Opportunities to learn Opportunities for career advancement Flexibility Truly global

Cons

Extremely volatile environment No defined structure Lack of consistent policies across the company Lack of support from managers. You are "on your own". Negative culture No leadership

5.0
5 Mar 2018

Sensible Management

Recommend
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Pros

Decent leadership dedicated to improving the business Blue chip customers; well known brand in the industry

Cons

Low margin industry Big ugly customers focused on cost reduction

1.0
9 Jul 2015

Frequent change of top management

Recommend
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Pros

1. Great career growth when you are in the right department with the right leader. 2. Geographical exposure, plus point for people who love to travel. 3. Able to travel up to 75% despite of tight financial management, as long as departmental budget available. 4. Minimal to no supervision while traveling, as long as you have a supportive line manager. 5. Full reimbursement on travel expenses as long as you know the limits, basically you can enjoy fine dining with wine while travelling. Provided you have a supportive line manager.

Cons

1. Frequent change of top management. New CEO bring in Divisional CEOs (Power and Data each) and their management team, then start hiring their friends from various industries but not relevant to current business (customer base/contacts had to build from zero). New hire require longer time to pick up and contribute to the business, usually 6 months and above. 2. Office politics - top management has their inner group members that no one could join in, unless you are their Yes man or their pet. You are not trusted when you are not within their group. 3. Low to no job security - Asking high performer to leave the company. 4. Low morale most of the time - even new hire leave the company within 6 months. 5. Lost track of market price in hiring and placement - Paying lower than market price to loyal employees, new hire was paid at sky high price. 6. Low to no recognition - some employees work hard and spent more hours to make sure operations run well and able to deliver quality service and product to customers, but all the hard work wasn't recognized but still earning lower than market price. But those does nothing or minimal work earns big bucks. 7. Poor internal communication - you will never know what happen until it hits you. 8. Outdated employee benefit - HR policy and employee benefit was back dated to year 2000 while some of the countries was a manufacturing plant 15 years ago but it is an Asia HQ in Singapore now. Managers and fresh graduates having the same level of annual leave entitlement as an example. 9. Everyone has been overworked, devoted most of their time and energy but not being recognized by Management. 10. No loyalty needed - employees has been with company more than 20 years but their loyalty wasn't recognized or appreciated, not even any long service award. Management can ask you to go anytime. 11. Management tend to always get around with the Standard Procedures and Policies - trying to go against the standards and policies by using their rank power and relationship, while the rest of the employees had to remain silent.

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