Pros
- You get to work with world-class colleagues who have an unrivalled passion for the sport and what they do. - The MTC is pretty cool, but the charm does wear off after a while. - You can apply for one free ticket to Silverstone each year. - It looks good on your CV.
Cons
- Salaries are way below the market average for non-engineers and you are expected to work extremely long hours without any reward or recognition for your efforts. The message given is "you should be lucky to work for McLaren". - The CEO (Zak Brown) is completely out of touch. He once said in a race debrief - "If I could, I'd give everyone a pay increase, starting with myself." - Despite the whole "We Race As One" slogan, don't expect fair treatment. Engineers are treated like royalty, everyone else is entirely dispensable - policies and processes are not applied consistently across the workforce. - The annual bonus is a measly £10 per championship point unless you're an engineer, in which case even the lowest performers get £20 per point. - You don't really get any of the perks you'd expect from working in F1 - if you're lucky they'll send you a cap every year from unsold stock, but if you want any merchandise or team kit, you have to buy it. You can't even watch the races through McLaren's own streaming service unless you subscribe to their paid fan club. - Diversity stats are absolutely shocking and proper support for mental wellbeing is non-existent. Very little is being done to address both of these areas, despite what they like to say on social media - it's all for marketing purposes. - You might be asked to act up into a more senior role but there is a less-than-50% chance they will actually promote you, even after you've been performing in the "new position" for a year. Otherwise, they will tell you there is nowhere for you to go and that you should probably leave if you want to progress. A great way to retain knowledge and talent! - New HR leaders have brought with them a culture of fear, manipulation and stepping on others to get ahead. Since the Chief People Officer (Daniel Gallo) joined, almost every single person in the HR team has left, citing the toxic and emotionally abusive environment. - There is a total lack of transparency, and employees are the last to find out about anything. Redundancies, financial troubles, the sale of the MTC, new drivers and senior C-suite appointments have all been published on Sky News before the workforce have been briefed. This is a new Glassdoor page, so if you're interested in working for McLaren Racing, I would recommend going to the "McLaren Group" page for further insights into what it is like to work there.