A Disheartening Experience at Vestas: Beware of Overbearing Processes and Ineffective Leadership - Salesforce Solution Architect Vestas Wind Systems Employee Review

1.0
24 Sept 2023
Recommend
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Pros

Working at Vestas has been a challenging experience, to say the least. While it's a massive company with job security, the cons often overshadow the pros.

Cons

1. Excessive Workload: The workload at Vestas is often overwhelming. Expect long hours and a constant struggle to balance work and personal life. 2. Endless Meetings: If you value your time, be prepared to have it consumed by endless meetings. The number of meetings here is mind-boggling and severely impacts productivity. 3. Intricate Approval Processes: Salesforce usage at Vestas is strangled by countless approval processes and the need for alignment with numerous project teams. This complexity stifles creativity and agility, making it frustrating to get anything done. 4. Poor Management: The management and leadership at Vestas leave much to be desired. Communication is lacking, decisions seem arbitrary, and there is a noticeable absence of clear direction or support for employees. 5. Lack of training and onboarding/introductory orientation: Without any training or onboarding/initial orientation, from day one, you're left to navigate on your own and prove your value. It feels like all eyes are on you, especially your manager, who provides little guidance and only offers negative feedback based on judgment.

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5.0
17 Jun 2026
Anonymous intern
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Great benefits with hybrid schedule and social events while being a positive and supportive work environment.

Cons

None, this was a very great company.

2.0
7 May 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Vestas has been at the cutting edge of wind turbine technology for quite some time. They are industry leaders at the global level.

Cons

Culture has been eroding significantly over the past few years. Too many organizational changes, all with the focus on making the shareholders more 'happy,' to the detriment of the employees who have the actual ability to make the work happen. Profit is the only thing that matters at Vestas nowadays and, therefore, several regions that are seemingly less profitable than other are essentially left out to dry. There was always a huge amount of focus on the changing market characteristics, but nearly zero action to make internal changes, either to technology or commercial strategies, in order to improve competitiveness against other WTG OEMs.

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