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3.8
Average Rating
(based on 20 A123 Systems Review Ratings)

Ratings by Category

Company Culture
3.6
Growth Opportunities
3.2
People You Work With
4.4
Person You Work For
3.9
Rewards You Receive
3.9
Support You Get
3.5
Way You Work
3.6
Work Setting
4.0
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A123 Systems Employee

"Great company to work for ."

Person You Work For 5 / 5 People You Work With 5 / 5 Work Setting 5 / 5
Support You Get 5 / 5 Rewards You Receive 5 / 5 Growth Opportunities 4 / 5
Company Culture 5 / 5 Way You Work 5 / 5
A123 Systems Employee

"I wish not to review A123 Systems,"

Person You Work For 4 / 5 People You Work With 4 / 5 Work Setting 4 / 5
Support You Get 5 / 5 Rewards You Receive 5 / 5 Growth Opportunities 2 / 5
Company Culture 4 / 5 Way You Work 3 / 5

Company-Industry Rating Comparison

3.8
A123 Systems (22)

4.4 Highest Rated in this Industry is Littelfuse (15)
2.8 Lowest Rated in this Industry is Edmund Optics (7)
3.6 Average of All Companies in this Industry (1,517)
Associate Research Engineer

"Learned a lot from R&D department"

Person You Work For 5 / 5 People You Work With 5 / 5 Work Setting 5 / 5
Support You Get 5 / 5 Rewards You Receive 5 / 5 Growth Opportunities 5 / 5
Company Culture 5 / 5 Way You Work 5 / 5
A123 Systems Employee

"A123 systems has a very good product, but are going through a difficult restructuring at this time."

Person You Work For 5 / 5 People You Work With 5 / 5 Work Setting 5 / 5
Support You Get 3 / 5 Rewards You Receive 5 / 5 Growth Opportunities 5 / 5
Company Culture 3 / 5 Way You Work 5 / 5
A123 Systems Employee

"Massive layoff in US. The company may not exist soon..."

Person You Work For 5 / 5 People You Work With 4 / 5 Work Setting 5 / 5
Support You Get 4 / 5 Rewards You Receive 4 / 5 Growth Opportunities 4 / 5
Company Culture 4 / 5 Way You Work 5 / 5
Research Engineer

"Lithium ion battery research and manufacturing company focusing on developing new materials and designs for high energy applications."

Person You Work For 5 / 5 People You Work With 5 / 5 Work Setting 3 / 5
Support You Get 3 / 5 Rewards You Receive 3 / 5 Growth Opportunities 3 / 5
Company Culture 3 / 5 Way You Work 3 / 5
Supplier Development Engineer

"A123 was bought out by a Chinese company. They run the company the Chinese way."

Person You Work For 4 / 5 People You Work With 4 / 5 Work Setting 4 / 5
Support You Get 4 / 5 Rewards You Receive 4 / 5 Growth Opportunities 4 / 5
Company Culture 4 / 5 Way You Work 4 / 5
A123 Systems Employee

"Good company to work for if you fit in. If not your working relationship will be short lived"

Person You Work For 1 / 5 People You Work With 3 / 5 Work Setting 2 / 5
Support You Get 1 / 5 Rewards You Receive 4 / 5 Growth Opportunities 1 / 5
Company Culture 3 / 5 Way You Work 1 / 5
A123 Systems Employee

"Job is not too bad, could be better."

Person You Work For 4 / 5 People You Work With 5 / 5 Work Setting 3 / 5
Support You Get 3 / 5 Rewards You Receive 3 / 5 Growth Opportunities 3 / 5
Company Culture 3 / 5 Way You Work 3 / 5
Senior Field Service Engineer

"Financial problems. Many people left company."

Person You Work For 3 / 5 People You Work With 4 / 5 Work Setting 3 / 5
Support You Get 2 / 5 Rewards You Receive 3 / 5 Growth Opportunities 2 / 5
Company Culture 3 / 5 Way You Work 3 / 5
MES Engineer

"I have worked for A123 Systems for seven months as MES Engineer. The job can be very demanding. Also the job requires good SQL knowledge and good debugging skills."

Person You Work For 4 / 5 People You Work With 4 / 5 Work Setting 3 / 5
Support You Get 3 / 5 Rewards You Receive 3 / 5 Growth Opportunities 3 / 5
Company Culture 3 / 5 Way You Work 4 / 5
Advanced Manufacturing Engineer

"I worked at A123 for a few years and found the working talent to be top notch, however the management was self destructive."

Person You Work For 3 / 5 People You Work With 4 / 5 Work Setting 4 / 5
Support You Get 2 / 5 Rewards You Receive 4 / 5 Growth Opportunities 3 / 5
Company Culture 2 / 5 Way You Work 2 / 5
Senior Manufacturing Engineer

"Tecnically challenging work, good team of people"

What do you like about working at A123 Systems?

"technically challenging work, good team of professional well trained people"

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Verify financial stability and insure adequate resources are now available for one to be successful."

What don't you like about working at A123 Systems?

"lack of funding at the end leading to bankruptcy and search for perspective buyer. Loss of numerous experienced people."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Improve quality at Michigan facility, bring in more higher volume business"

Person You Work For 4 / 5 People You Work With 5 / 5 Work Setting 5 / 5
Support You Get 4 / 5 Rewards You Receive 4 / 5 Growth Opportunities 4 / 5
Company Culture 5 / 5 Way You Work 5 / 5
Quality Engineer

What do you like about working at A123 Systems?

"The total support from corporate to develop and improve the process"

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Positive actitud, open for changes and prepared to work long hours"

What don't you like about working at A123 Systems?

"There were no health and retirement benefits, which I think are very important."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Improve the comunication with their customers to obtain better feedback ."

Person You Work For 4 / 5 People You Work With 4 / 5 Work Setting 4 / 5
Support You Get 5 / 5 Rewards You Receive 4 / 5 Growth Opportunities 3 / 5
Company Culture 4 / 5 Way You Work 4 / 5
Assembler

What do you like about working at A123 Systems?

"exercising my knowledge, body and mind. Working second shift which I liked a whole lot"

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"they will ask you to work 2nd shift and that is fine too."

What don't you like about working at A123 Systems?

"conflict with subordinates. since it is a small group, they want you to pamper them too."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"having more meetings. and eating breakfast during meetings. also have more perks."

Person You Work For 5 / 5 People You Work With 4 / 5 Work Setting 4 / 5
Support You Get 3 / 5 Rewards You Receive 5 / 5 Growth Opportunities 4 / 5
Company Culture 4 / 5 Way You Work 4 / 5

A123 Systems Reviews FAQs

Is A123 Systems a good company to work for?

A123 Systems has an overall rating of 3.8 Average Rating out of 5, based on over 20 A123 Systems Review Ratings left anonymously by A123 Systems employees, which is 3% lower than the average rating for all companies on CareerBliss. 95% of employees would recommend working at A123 Systems.

Does A123 Systems pay their employees well?

A123 Systems employees earn $69,500 annually on average, or $33 per hour, which is 5% higher than the national salary average of $66,000 per year. 12 A123 Systems employees have shared their salaries on CareerBliss. Find A123 Systems Salaries by Job Title.

How satisfied are employees working at A123 Systems?

95% of employees would recommend working at A123 Systems with the overall rating of 3.8 out of 5. Employees also rated A123 Systems 3.6 out of 5 for Company Culture, 3.9 for Rewards You Receive, 3.2 for Growth Opportunities and 3.5 for support you get.

What is the highest paying job at A123 Systems?

According to our data, the highest paying job at A123 Systems is a Director of Engineering at $151,000 annually. Browse A123 Systems Salaries by Job Profile.

What is the lowest paying job at A123 Systems?

According to our data, the lowest paying job at A123 Systems is a Product Assembler at $24,000 annually. Browse A123 Systems Salaries by Job Profile.

What are the pros and cons of working at A123 Systems?

According to reviews on CareerBliss, employees commonly rated the pros of working at A123 Systems to be Company Culture, Growth Opportunities, People You Work With and Person You Work For, and no cons.

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