Working at Hyundai Motors in Irvine, CA: 6 Employee Job Reviews by Real Employee working in Irvine, CA Area

"Hyundai was a great place to work and overall they were very supportive. However, the middle management at Hyundai is not so good. Often uneducated and not very well versed in the simplest management theory. They tend to hire people for management jobs that are just figure-heads that take orders from upper management in Korea but do not add much to the intellectual capital or innovative force required in today's corporation. Hyundai is top down a company from Korea and they do not give their management much power. Hence, your manager is powerless to help you do much of anything. The environment is not diverse and change is very slow to impossible unless it comes from Korea (top down). In fact, there are no organizational charts allowed so structure is always a mystery and that causes overall confusion from the employees. Often because there is no real structure or collaborative groups - the subdivisions are often on their own without leadership from anyone or any group. They are often without direction or organization resulting in infighting, information silos and unproductive behavior in general. However, it appears that Hyundai Motors is trying to move into the 21st century and they are trying to do the right thing because if words matter, they publish the right ideas and it appears that they are genuinely concerned for the people that work for Hyundai. So in conclusion it is a very interesting environment and might be worth a stop on your career path just to see what happens when top-down management in the 21st century is used to manage a company. Strangely enough, against all odds, it does work."

"Had a very good time working with my teammates and manager."

"Great experience. Working with Korean managment is a learned skill"

What do you like about working at Hyundai Motors?

"the energy and excitement of building a company, the sucess we achieved"

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

"Be patient as the hiring process is sometimes slower than expectations"

What don't you like about working at Hyundai Motors?

"Some times communication issues with Seoul Korea slowed down the process."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Understand the differences of employees outside of Korea particualry as it relates to culture"

What do you like about working at Hyundai Motors?

"Offices, location, hours are all nice. Some of the people in other departments are reasonable."

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

"It is advisable to interview for any other department than corporate accounting."

What don't you like about working at Hyundai Motors?

"At all costs, look out for the AP psychopathic sadist!"

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Look out for the AP psychopathic sadist! Plays innocent to supervisors then says ugly, untrue, outrageous personal remarks to subordinates."

"Irvine location was closed due to lack of new car sales"

What do you like about working at Hyundai Motors?

"I was able to obtain dealership experience as a Parts Manager."

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

"Don't quit your current job"

What don't you like about working at Hyundai Motors?

"The business closed and my career was cut short."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Sell some cars"