Vestas Employee Job Reviews in the United States

"Leading provider of wind turbines"

What do you like about working at Vestas?

"It's a very interesting industry and I like the clean energy concept"

What don't you like about working at Vestas?

"Poor communication and technology issues"

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Better communication and leadership"

"Vestas Americas as a former employee"

What do you like about working at Vestas?

"Mgmt carees about employees"

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

"Be prepared for Danish influence"

What don't you like about working at Vestas?

"Lack of documentation of processes"

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Document processes"

"Too many changes in management."

What do you like about working at Vestas?

"I enjoyed the people, but had trouble with management continually changing."

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

"Be yourself."

What don't you like about working at Vestas?

"All the changes in management"

What suggestions do you have for management?

"More consistency."

What do you like about working at Vestas?

"Green company"

What don't you like about working at Vestas?

"layoffs"

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Watch expenses closer"

"Sr Mgmt detached"

What do you like about working at Vestas?

"Martin Coogan and small company culture"

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

"The industry is good. The quality of the technology is suspect."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Inform the employees of the commercial trends"

"I actually really hate working for them and an very desperate to find basically any other job. About the only good thing I can say about them is that the other people I actually work with are hard workers despite mismanagement and unpleasant work."

What do you like about working at Vestas?

"Benefits were great & pay was above average fro Area."

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

"Beware of the uncertainty in the wind industry & the knee jerk approach by Vestas."

What don't you like about working at Vestas?

"The decisons were edicts from Denmark that often didn't fit at the factory level."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Examine more cloely the function of top management in the organization."

What do you like about working at Vestas?

"Respected by peers and management team, able to work on multiple projects"

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

"Run away and don't look back, yet if benefits are very important might want to consider"

What don't you like about working at Vestas?

"Negative environment, zero job growth opportunities, company lacks strong leadership"

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Develop a business strategy to work towards it, provide rewards for employees that go above and beyond expectations"

"Good people. Poor management"

"I am working with vestas since 2 years, it's very good place to work, but bit uncertainty with the organisation."

"I have had many jobs over the years, and the managers that ran our site were by far the most unorganized group I have ever worked for. Overall it could be a good solid job during our contract, but we were dealt a poor hand from the beginning. We had very few competent construction technicians and ended up having problems with our turbines that should have been fixed before the turbines were commissioned. We ended up doing 85% of the work and I feel we were not compensated fairly."

"it is difficult to review vestas at this time as things are definitely in flux at the moment. the company has been very good for me these 9+ yrs. The benefits were fantastic and and pay was competitive. my co-workers were some of the brightest and fun people I had ever worked with. I am grateful for all I learned and all those I got to know at Vestas. Things are always changing at Vestas and at this present time I am not sure of the direction of this company with the changes that have been put in place."

"Recruitment specialist with strong competencies of 360 degree recruitment"

What do you like about working at Vestas?

"International and global environment that challenges you and has a diverse company culture"

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

"Not in particularly as it depends on the position that they are being interviewed for"

What don't you like about working at Vestas?

"Focus on policies and procedures that are limiting ones work"

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Provide a more flexible organization that can handle a volatile environment"

"It is my desire to work as an EHS Manager, with over twenty years of experience."

What do you like about working at Vestas?

"Good job, good pay, good, vacation, good bonus. Good job, good pay, good, vacation, good bonus."

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

"I do not have any tips for others interviewing at this company."

What don't you like about working at Vestas?

"No support, No support, No support, No support, No support,"

What suggestions do you have for management?

"I have no suggestions for the management at this company"

"Company 'had' great potential as it opened their new factories in Colorado but after two years, starting in 2010, it became apparent that the poor executive leadership along with the good ole Danish boys mentality would be the end. Company went from 16k employees in 2009 to 23k in 2011 and they doubled their mfg capacity worldwide; not very controlled. They starting laying off in late 2011 thru 2013 and are now at back to 16k (Dec 2014). They are managing their hourly workforce at 40% temps which is extremely high. What that means is that when orders are not their they let the temps go. The Nacelles factory in Brighton is designed to do 25 to 30 2 megawatt turbines per week on two shifts. So when you hear that Vestas received a large 150 unit order, do the math. They are managing the factory by stringing orders out which means they are doing a few a week. The factory manager and his cronies from Advanced Energy run the show by being vague about the future and misleading new hires. Go to Blades instead, they make all the blades for the americas whether the turbine is built in Brighton or not. Salaries are average for the area; below average 401K, no bonuses, and promotions are difficult. My suggestion, if you need a job and you get hired take it, but continue to look elsewhere because it can end quickly."