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Updated Jun 05, 2013

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87% Approve of the CEO

Emerson Chairman, President, and CEO David N. Farr

David N. Farr

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73% of employees recommend this company to a friend
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Not a good place

Strategic Planner (Former Employee)
Saint Louis, MO (US)

I worked at Emerson full-time for more than a year

ProsDiverse, large, variety of things to do

ConsOperation oriented, no diversity in management

Advice to Senior ManagementRemove old-school technology executives

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend – I'm not optimistic about the outlook for this company

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Tech Support Engineer II (Current Employee)
Manila, Manila (Philippines)

I have been working at Emerson full-time for more than 8 years

ProsGreat organization if you're lucky enough to be on an account with smart leaders. HR is strict but it makes sense.

ConsToo much bureaucracy, very slow in increasing salary. Training for personal development is very minimum.

Advice to Senior ManagementPersonal development is very minimum to ordinary staff. Only officers like team leaders and up lucky enough to have training.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

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Emerson Mohali

Team Leader - Unix (Current Employee)
Mohali, Punjab (India)

I have been working at Emerson full-time for less than a year

ProsNice work culture and very helpful people around. And as an inhouse not much of a pressure as was in earlier jobs working for clients

ConsThe location in mohali is not a best of locations you can find here. No place to roam around or eating joints around the building

Advice to Senior Managementshould have more place to relax with a nice cafe-teria

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

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Anonymous Employee (Current Employee)
Saint Louis, MO (US)

I have been working at Emerson full-time for more than 10 years

ProsSteady employment, decent benefits, medium to low end of the wage scale

ConsAlways a threat of the operations being shipped to a "least cost" country

Advice to Senior ManagementRead the company surveys and understand what is being said....ie...take the feedback and use it to improve the operation!!

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

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Lower work life balance in the org

QA Engineer (Current Employee)
Mumbai (India)

I have been working at Emerson full-time for more than a year

ProsGlobal Reputation in specific areas

ConsCareer Growth and Work life balance

Advice to Senior Managementit would be good to attract talent with benefits

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

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Very good work experience

Test Engineer (Former Employee)
Delaware, OH (US)

I worked at Emerson full-time for more than 3 years

ProsVery good place to work

ConsWorked an off shift did not like it

Advice to Senior ManagementKeep up the good work

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

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Relaxed Job, good environment, good(not very good) salary, best for girls, not good for over ambitious people

Embedded Engineer (Current Employee)
Pune (India)

I have been working at Emerson full-time for more than 7 years

ProsNice work culture
OK work pressure
OK salary
Less stress

ConsNot good for over ambitious people
Growth is fast only if you are extremely talented, else slow

Advice to Senior ManagementBest work environment, increase salary standards and it would be the best company.
Improve upon the appraisal systems. Many feel they are not appreciated for their work

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

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It is a great place to work at.

Anonymous Employee (Current Employee)

I have been working at Emerson

ProsSome of the pros are that the company is very aware of it's employees and their needs and problems, it helps the evolve and gives them the opportunity to learn as much as possible.

ConsI can not think of anything bad to say.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

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Engineering Intern (Former Employee)
Houston, TX (US)

I worked at Emerson as an intern for less than a year

ProsExcellent company for an intern to work with.. Excellent work culture in the company that no company can offer..

ConsNo major complaints, they could add some more activities to the work calender.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

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Great Company, clueless 1st tier leadership

Corporate IT (Current Employee)
Saint Louis, MO (US)

I have been working at Emerson full-time for more than 7 years

ProsPaychecks dont bounce. large budgets with reletivly easy funding of Projects.

ConsManagers are more concerned about thier reputation than doing the right thing for the company.Managers lie to sr leaders. we all know what happens to a lie.

Advice to Senior Managementquit hiding behind smoke and mirrors and give the team credit and recognition.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm not optimistic about the outlook for this company

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