23: BMW Group Employee Reviews

I worked for 13 months at BMW Plant Oxford the home of the MINI. I got to see the process of bringing new cars from a conceptual stage, through prototyping and into production in my time there. Working in a factory environment was really exciting.

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BMW is a great brand. Stay away from BMW in WA.

Customer Service (Current Employee) - Perth WA - 26 January 2023

BMW as a brand and company is fantastic. The product is exemplary and the fact that they fly you to Melbourne to achieve certification is a rare and fantastic opportunity. However, Auto Classic BMW in Australia is a terrible workplace. Poor management, no hands on training provided (you are left to learn on your own), terrible salary, poor treatment of staff (bullying/sexism/verbal harassment/racism) and there is absolutely no work life balance at all. Nothing positive or motivating is said to you but rather constant mistreatment and negative feedback. Every department is constantly losing staff for the same reasons, and nothing is done in regards.

Pros

Worldwide opportunities, interstate training.

Cons

Long hours, no work life balance, poor pay, management, bullying.

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Terrible place to work, No management competency

Senior Technician / Technicial (Current Employee) - Gold Coast QLD - 28 November 2019

Worst place I have ever worked. The workshop controller is a muppet. No management skills at all. Workshop is bismal. No communication. Not even a HR department. I strongly recommend not working here!

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Not sure about this Brand

Operator (Current Employee) - Mulgrave VIC - 11 August 2019

No structure It is easy to identify that the way to work your way through the business is to get to know them like people and if you don’t click with them then you don’t have a chance of progression, there is no career progression in this company, Different roles are available however you are selected based on favouritism. This business does not live up to the Brands Name.

Cons

No career progression, they don’t know how to make change effective in a timely manner.

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Absolute dissapointment!

Manager (Former Employee) - Melbourne VIC - 14 July 2019

worked here over 4 years as contractor and was let go without a word from BMW management. They should be ashamed of themselves. The first time i was treated with such disrespect. No people management skills, useless HR. Stay away from this HO! If it was possible I would not give them one star.

Pros

New car every couple of months.

Cons

No appreciation.

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Horrible!

Receptionist (Former Employee) - Canberra ACT - 17 June 2019

After sales Managment at Rolfe BMW Canberra, is horrible! They fire people for having time off despite having MEDICAL CERTIFICATES and being able to do the job right (even being asked to do other jobs from other managers). DONT WORK FOR CANBERRA BMW! even just having ONE day off, or getting on their bad side, they make your job and work life horrible!!! Worst work environment ever!

Pros

Good Pay

Cons

Horrible Management & no support!

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Sales Agent

Southbank New Car Sales Cadet (Former Employee) - Melbourne VIC - 18 March 2019

Lovely place to work alongside good people although Overworked with a lack of management A lot of opportunities to meet new faces of all walks of life. enjoyed the environment and people more than anything.

Pros

people

Cons

management

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good

Apprentice Mechanic (Former Employee) - Subiaco WA - 28 December 2018

is a nice place to work, not tomuch to say about it. good workers, boss is good. just trying to bump up the word count.. this job was okay..................

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Excelente compañía

Project Manager (Former Employee) - Melbourne Australia - 8 October 2018

Extraordinaria experiencia profesional. Llegas a sentirte dentro de la familia BMW. Altamente recomendable como lugar donde trabajar. Empresa seria, muy estable, lo que también dificulta mucho la proyección profesional y las oportunidades de progresar

Pros

Seguridad, Procesos internos

Cons

Proyección Profesional

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Soul Crushing

Collections Officer (Former Employee) - Mulgrave VIC - 30 September 2018

Really Hard environment to work in. Hard to advance.. Long winded performance reviews.. Not much recognition for work done unless your one of the favourites.

Pros

pay

Cons

HR and upper maagement

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Corporate Sucess

Parts & Accessories Coordinator (Former Employee) - Mulgrave VIC - 30 August 2018

If you are looking for a company with room to move then BMW Group is for you. You can move between departments and even countries, with brands MINI, BMW, BMW Motorrad and Rolls Royce you will have plenty of opportunities to be able to do this.

Pros

Bistro, Gym, Cars

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Good learning Experience.

Apprentice light vehicle mechanic (Former Employee) - Brisbane QLD - 12 August 2018

Management sucked, training was awesome, pay was great along with benefits to employees. Don't expect an easy job though, you will be worked to the bone with little to no regard to you.

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Dont even consider it

Customer Service (Former Employee) - Mulgrave VIC - 27 May 2018

Culture is poor, no job security, huge expectation from management to do more for less, terrible wages with no benefits, HR department dont care about people. Dont even consider a job with BMW Financial Services, you'll regret it.

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Enthusiastic and motivated office team that made work enjoyable

Service Administrator (Former Employee) - Sunshine Coast QLD - 16 January 2018

Being in a professional environment gave me great experience in dealing with challenging customers and resolving issues daily. Being surrounded by motivated, friendly coworkers developed my strong work ethic and love for my job.

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corporate and competitive

Sales Consultant (Former Employee) - windhooek - 13 December 2017

high standard work place with a competitive industry due to the huge sales consultants battle to set the best sales target at the end of the day with a luxury class vehicle more for the higher class man and the more difficult client base type due to the price class and style.

Pros

free lunch

Cons

small commitions

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Very ambiguous working culture

Customer Interaction Centre Team Leader (Former Employee) - Mulgrave VIC - 17 September 2017

The company currently has 40 positions that needs to be back filled with the HR playing a major role in providing inconsistent information to potential and new candidates. The 'politics' in the company is something that is dreadful and unavoidable. It is a nightmare of an organisation to be working with.

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Working with the apprentices

Apprentice Programme Manager (Current Employee) - Mulgrave VIC - 28 September 2016

It is great to see the apprentices learn and develop over the 4 years of training we provide. We also have a graduation at the end of the 4 years to celebrate their completion of the programme.

Pros

Free Lunch

Cons

Budgets

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Good workplace and happy work with team

Automobile Technician Qatar (Former Employee) - Melbourne - 15 October 2015

Happy to work in BMW & Good place to grow.Flexible work with good environment,Good life stile and life is balanced.If i worked hard then i can reach good targets,then the company will pay good incentives.Actually its very pleasure to work with BMW family.When we go to trainings then we can learn many things with face to face training.

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Productive,Good Place to Work At

Mechanic Trade assistant (Former Employee) - Perth, WA - 1 September 2015

Real good place to work enjoyed working here the environment was friendly and inviting. the management were very good and understanding. I only left due to a family sickness in NZ