Terminated after 5+ years for moving, after upper management did the same. - 3D Motion Designer VELUX Employee Review

2.0
29 Dec 2021
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Good pay and benefits while you're employed (3D Motion Designer: ~$76k salary + ~10% yearly bonus, raise usually at least commensurate with inflation).

Cons

My department went fully remote in March 2020 (and still is). My former boss—hired mid-2021 during the pandemic—lived 3 hours away. His boss moved 4 hours away to the beach after the company started working from home (this was discovered later, no subordinates were directly informed). Assuming the same rules applied to everyone, I informed them of my own plans to move 8 hours away. In return I was terminated with one half day left before taking vacation for the remainder of 2021. Since I had worked the entire calendar year, I asked upper management for my bonus after my firing. They agreed to pay a fraction, but deducted 25% because I was only "employed 3 full quarters." My termination paper from the company explicitly states the decision was *not* based on job performance, but solely on relocation. The company pays relatively well, but have made it clear honesty and good faith is not always extended back to the employee. VELUX also has no parental leave policy in the US.

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Pros

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Cons

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5.0
30 Jan 2025
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

I've been with Velux for a relatively short time, but without a doubt, this is where I'll be forever. I don't normally write reviews, but I feel that it is important to share. This company has some of the kindest, most remarkable human beings. This company brought out a passion in me that I haven't felt in a long time. I've been with similar companies with similar values before, and I know far too well what it's like drinking the Kool-aid. This is different. I would give the shirt off my back for the people here, not because I need to or because they ask me to, but because I want to.

Cons

Not a con, I think it's hard to really understand for some people what it's like to work for a company with an international structure. It's going to have its nuances, and those nuances are sometimes hard to explain. But when you get to start understanding the WHY, you start to realize that everything makes a lot of sense.

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