Red Bull’s “Party Atmosphere” Key Selling Point in Retaining Employees From the Hands of Mercedes Rivals

For us fans, it would be a dream come true to get a chance to work for a championship team like Mercedes. However, the reality might not be what we think it is.

Former Formula 1 Senior Systems Engineer, Dan, while talking on a podcast, reveals how laid-back the work culture at Red Bull is compared to Mercedes. Moreover, he went on to give the viewers a glimpse of why a job at Formula 1 is not for people with kids.

Why did this Red Bull employee declined a job at Mercedes?

In a podcast on YouTube, interviewer Tom McCluskey aka Tommo asks Dan whether he ever thought about switching to a team like Mercedes or McLaren.

Dan, who has worked for Red Bull for six years, says that they offered him a similar job at Mercedes, which he declined. Talking about a Red Bull employee who switched to Mercedes only to quit and come back in six months, Dan says there’s too much corporate culture there.

He says, “Mercedes are very much like this, uh, very corporate entity.”

He continues, “when you have to go into the factory, you have to wear your Hugo Boss shirts and all.”

Pointing to his very flamboyantly floral shirt, Dan says he could wear it even at Red Bull. Reflecting on his time there, he says, “It was more like, I’d say, a party atmosphere”.

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Dan claims Formula 1 jobs are not glamorous

To us fans, the life of a Formula 1 employee looks very appealing from the outside. Travel around the world, hang out with race drivers and celebrities, and celebrate race wins all the time. Who wouldn’t like that, right? Touching on this subject, Tommo asks Dan what the most non-glamorous part of working for an F1 team is.

“It’s not that glamorous at all,” says Dan. A father of three young kids, he tells how difficult it is to be away from your family for almost six months in a year. He says it’s a job for people who are young and can stay out of the country for that much amount of time.

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You heard it right from the horse’s mouth. Seems like it’s a world best enjoyed from the outside now, doesn’t it?