AVOID - Design Employee JLR Employee Review

1.0
Oct 16, 2021
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

The parking has improved since COVID hit. Good, hard working team of people despite management (LL6 upwards)

Cons

Design Directors awful attitude and behaviour. Progression absolutely non-existent. Derisory pay increase this year after 3 years of nothing. Management are yes men. The word 'no' doesn't exist when it comes to work requests. Every request from above is accepted at the expense of the people who actually do the work. When it gets done they are not recognised sufficiently. Reviews, meetings, reviews, meetings, very little design development. Everything is rushed. This is NOT how to design cars. Superiority wins over anything. You MUST agree with senior management. Wellbeing initiatives are lip service and box ticking at best. Poor mental health is rife. Design department run by fear. Constant chopping and changing, reorganisation, voluntary redundancies, rinse and repeat. The company is massively unstable. The good people are leaving in droves, hopefully to be followed shortly by me.

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5.0
Oct 9, 2025
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Pros

- Amazing work culture and work life balance - As a designer the world is your oyster of how you want to grow and develop - Manager is amazing at communicating your needs and empathizing with you - Everyone is driven to be a better designer and so much support from everyone

Cons

- Having to work sometimes really early or nighttime due to time zone differences with some of the people we work with - Projects & goals sometimes have to change in the week to better fit business needs and team goals.

4.0
Apr 20, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Great work life balance Supportive environment

Cons

If you fall in the less than 3 years experience bucket, your best shot is the new graduate positions which have terrible pay and full-time employment after 2-years is not guaranteed.

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