What it does: Honda Motor Company, Ltd., Japanese Honda Giken Kōgyō KK, leading Japanese manufacturer of motorcycles and a major producer of automobiles for the world market. Headquarters are in Tokyo
Mission: Maintaining a global viewpoint, we are dedicated to supplying products of the highest quality, yet at a reasonable price for worldwide customer satisfaction
Size and presence: Around 11,000 globally in 17 locations.
Best known for: Honda Motor Company Limited is perhaps best known as an automaker--it is the third largest automaker in Japan--but the company has its roots in motorcycles, and is the world's top motorcycle manufacturer
The good bits: Great work fun environment with good pay and mentorship.
The not so good bits: Could be long hours during peak times. Work-Life balance is always a challenge.
Honda Motor Co., Ltd. is established with co-founders Soichiro Honda and Takeo Fujisawa and introduces (in 1949) its first original designed and engineered product which Mr. Honda appropriately names the “Dream” D-type motorcycle.
On June 11, American Honda Motor Co., Inc. is established in Los Angeles, California, as the first overseas subsidiary of Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
Minibikes can transform lives. The National Youth Project Using Minibikes is an innovative program using minibikes to make positive changes in the lives of disadvantaged youths through fun activities and positive influence.
Our first Accord may be a humble hatchback, but it is a big hit. This initial model will be followed by an Accord Sedan in 1979. From its launch until today, Accord is the best-selling passenger car in America, with American car buyers purchasing over 12.5 million.
Honda launches Acura, the first luxury nameplate from a Japanese automaker, with sales of “precision crafted performance.” With its initial 60 U.S. Acura dealers, Acura goes on to earn four consecutive JD Power and Associates Customer Satisfaction Index (CSI) awards.
In December, the Honda Insight drives through uncharted territory to become the first hybrid vehicle available in North America. It remains the most fuel-efficient, non-plugin vehicle in its class for the next 17 years.
How time flies. This year (on June 11, to be exact) American Honda Motor Co., Inc. marks its 50th year of U.S. operations. From our first U.S. store in Los Angeles with six industrious employees, Honda continues to rise to astounding heights, all thanks to the dreams and dedication of our associates.
The 2018 Honda Accord, the 10th generation of America's most popular car, earned the prestigious 2018 North American Car of the Year award. Accord was the first model from a Japanese automaker to be made in America, beginning in November 1982 in Marysville, Ohio, with cumulative U.S. production of Accord exceeding 11 million vehicles over more than 35 years.
With the goal of a carbon-free future in mind, we created the Honda SmartChargeTM beta program, the most advanced technology of its kind in the auto industry. Available to Honda Fit EV owners, the program empowers drivers to save money while reducing their environmental footprint when charging––on their time.
What will transportation look like in 2088? Our associates are currently imagining the answers to this question, working to create tomorrow’s smarter, more mobile world.
WORK WITH IMPACT.
We are Honda. A company where people are inspired to dream, challenge conventions and create the impossible. Each day you come to work, you’ll be helping us imagine new ways to help people make their lives better.
What Makes A Honda Is Who Makes A Honda
A Culture Inspired by You
The goal of our work is to bring joy to our customers and a diverse team enhances our ability to achieve that. Each of our associates play a pivotal role in creating an inclusive workplace, where diverse backgrounds and perspectives are embraced and celebrated. Your unique talents and dreams are welcome at Honda. We encourage imagination and innovation to help us reach our mobility, sustainability, and safety goals.
Our Fundamental Beliefs — Respect for the Individual and The Three Joys
At Honda, our business is guided by our values and beliefs. The first of our Fundamental Beliefs is Respect for the Individual – a philosophy centered around initiative, equality, and trust. Your innovative mindset and courage to voice your unique perspective will be recognized here. Our second Fundamental Belief is all about “The Three Joys” – the joy our products bring to customers, the joy our business partners experience in selling our products, and the joy everyone at Honda experiences in creating quality products that serve our customers.
THE STORY BEHIND OUR WHITE UNIFORMS
As a team member at one of our manufacturing or product development locations, you will have the privilege of wearing the white Honda uniform. The uniforms were designed to symbolize our passion for quality, with hidden buttons that won’t scratch the product. It’s the idea that “good products come from clean workspaces.” They also symbolize the “One Team” concept and the equality among all associates who work at Honda, whether you are a new hire, work on the production or serve as a senior executive. It’s a powerful visual reminder that innovation can come from anywhere.
Mobility for All
At Honda, inspiration can come from anywhere and anyone. You will have the opportunity to push our technologies and products into the future with your innovative mindset. On and off the road, in the air and on the water, we are on a journey to bring people closer by making mobility accessible for all.
Creating “Blue Skies for Our Children”
At Honda, you can feel proud to work for a company that’s dedicated to reducing its environmental footprint in every way. Fifty years ago, a team of engineers created a breakthrough, low emission engine based on their rally cry of leaving “blue skies for our children.” We remain focused on this commitment to the future we can leave for future generations. As a Honda associate, you’ll help us dream up and achieve sustainable solutions to ensure a smarter, cleaner, safer planet.
Safety for Everyone
At Honda, you’ll be inspired by the idea of finding a better way. Safety is another area where Honda’s vision is to create a better world. Based on our dream of a collision-free society, Honda is working to improve safety for everyone sharing the road, an approach we call “Safety for Everyone.” Your innovative ideas can help get us there.
VOICING YOUR IDEAS
Our Business Resource Groups (BRGs) are associate-led, company-supported groups that help us hear a variety of voices, focused on inclusion, engagement, and innovation. All BRGs are open to everyone and reflect the journey we are on as a company to become a workplace where everyone feels welcomed and included.
Diagnose, repair and perform preventative maintenance on cars and light trucks. Virtually every system on today’s vehicles is electronically controlled by computers, and auto techs use sophisticated diagnostic tools to improve engine performance and repair transmissions, steering and suspension, brake, electrical and heating and air conditioning systems. There is a high demand for well-trained technicians.
Use specialized tools, materials and techniques to straighten or replace damaged body panels and structural components as well as perform related mechanical and electrical repairs, restraint system repairs and stationary glass replacement. Employees are in high demand, as accidents are common.
Automotive paint technicians perform partial and complete refinishing of vehicles, applying the latest two-stage and three-stage paint technology. Create exciting custom paint jobs on new and vintage cars.
Act as liaison between customers and auto techs to guide car repairs through the shop. Help identify cause of damage and options for repairs. Assist in ordering parts and double-checking car repairs. Deliver repaired vehicles to customers.
Identifies required repair work and computes cost of replacement parts and labor to restore vehicle to its pre-accident condition using electronic estimating software. Explains estimate to customer and answers questions the customer has about the work needed. Works with insurance company representatives to manage claims.
Manage the day-to-day operations of an automotive repair facility, including staffing, facility/equipment, customer service, financial, marketing and other aspects of running a business. Often work in other positions within the industry before becoming an auto shop owner.
An automotive parts professional handles parts purchases by wholesale and retail customers over the phone, electronically and in person. The parts professional uses electronic catalogs to identify, source, sell and deliver the correct part needed for the job. They assist customers, manage inventory and deal with any returns or warranty issues that arise. Parts professionals work in a variety of settings, from auto parts stores and automotive recycling facilities to wholesale supply businesses and new car dealers.
An automotive machinist builds, reconditions and repairs entire engines and various engine parts. A machinist operates equipment such as engine dynamometers, drills, lathes, mills and other shop hand tools. Machinists work in auto parts stores, industrial tool and die shops, or even as pit crew mechanics for NASCAR or other race circuits.
Fresher salary in Honda ranges from ₹ 0.9 Lakhs to ₹ 2.1 Lakhs.
Honda faced charges of discriminating against women and blacks in its hiring practices. In 1988 the company agreed to pay $6 million to settle a discrimination suit brought by a group of 370 people who said they had been turned down for jobs because of race and/or sex.