VELUX Reviews

4.1

75% would recommend to a friend

(171 total reviews)
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David Briggs

70% approve of CEO

75% positive business outlook

VELUX has an employee rating of 4.1 out of 5 stars, based on 171 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an excellent working experience there. The VELUX employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Manufacturing industry (3.5 stars).

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171 reviews
2.0
29 Dec 2021
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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.

2.0
1 Feb 2021
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Pros

Value-driven company, good salary, big budgets, skilled colleagues

Cons

Career mobility very low, people in upper management levels stay in same positions thus preventing upward mobility, big layer of older traditionally thinking upper management preventing innovation, highly complex organisation with unclear mandates and half of the time spent aligning with other teams before actual work can be done, many cases of people sick with stress, a lot of talk about diversity but most upper management is 50+ white males.

3.0
18 Nov 2018
Recommend
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Pros

Great coworkers. Opertunity to learn.

Cons

Mandatory ten hour days, 5 days a week. Only 2 ten minute breaks on a ten hour shift. -can’t leave until the buzzer have to be back at the buzzer. Turns into a 5 min break. Pay is less than the market average. Upper management will take advantage of you if you. (Immediate management will fight for you) Little to no room for advancement.

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