Life at Michelin
The Carmes HQ for Michelin is an interesting place to work. You might think that the HQ of the world's #1 tire maker would be a nice compound of buildings. It's not. Half the buildings are falling down, many are former factory buildings. It's like Lexmark's HQ in Lexington but much older, and without air conditioning. And anyone who has been there knows that Lexmark's HQ is a nasty place to work - no windows, it's converted factory buildings, no sky lights, hallways are too small, conveniently located between the juvenile detention center and the strip clubs... really charming.
We got to see some of the other buildings at Michelin over the past two weeks while we conducted some training labs. The conference rooms are all small, hot, and have broken presentation equipment. Their strict security often prevents you from being able to get to your meeting room. The chairs in all the meeting rooms are not the normal "conference room" or "executive" chairs that you normally find, but instead they have surplus chairs from the local school district. They got them really cheap, and since the backs and seats are both wooden, they are low maintenance. It's a really comfortable place to sit for 8 hours a day, 2 weeks in a row.
Overall, I suppose there are worse places to work (coal mines and alaskan fishing boats come to mind), but compared with other offices, Michelin HQ is near the bottom of the list.
We got to see some of the other buildings at Michelin over the past two weeks while we conducted some training labs. The conference rooms are all small, hot, and have broken presentation equipment. Their strict security often prevents you from being able to get to your meeting room. The chairs in all the meeting rooms are not the normal "conference room" or "executive" chairs that you normally find, but instead they have surplus chairs from the local school district. They got them really cheap, and since the backs and seats are both wooden, they are low maintenance. It's a really comfortable place to sit for 8 hours a day, 2 weeks in a row.
Overall, I suppose there are worse places to work (coal mines and alaskan fishing boats come to mind), but compared with other offices, Michelin HQ is near the bottom of the list.
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