What is the hiring process like at Rockwell Automation?

Communications are sent in a timely fashion and they clearly set the expectations

Once you pass all the interviews, the hiring process takes longer than expected

Very flexible, welcoming and open to ideas

Can be slow with interview process

- This company cares from Employee's needs.

- In some cases, they have long recruitment process.

Good pay, good experience for internship, lots of other interns

My specific department was not hiring for post-grad

Rockwell has a very organized and clean work environment that promotes safety and professionalism. The onboarding process was smooth, and I felt supported by both team leads and senior technicians from day one. You get to work with cutting-edge automation technology and test a variety of electrical and electronic systems, which is great for hands-on learners. There's a strong emphasis on quality and process, which really helps you develop good habits in testing and documentation.

While the structure is helpful, sometimes it feels a bit too rigid or bureaucratic when it comes to implementing new ideas. Growth within the company can be a bit slow unless you actively push for it or pursue internal certifications. Not much flexibility in job rotation unless you speak up or take the initiative.

Work/Life Balance is good Pay is decent for mid-career transfers Immediate team/people easy to get along with

Struggling in competitive core product, always a few years behind in product development which inhibits ability to compete. The pricing process on products is horrible, requiring many layers of approval and lacks local market intelligence to take share from competitors. Failing at deployment of acquired software companies, lack of vision related to GTM strategy. Engineer & Sales Field support resources have been thinned, due to wall street pressure, this has created massive gaps in coverage surrounding large customer base in North America. Promotes based on DEI, not metrics, this compliments lack of vision, and decreases the opportunity for internal growth for true top performers. Internal culture is missing “sense of urgency”, many employees just seem to not care. Onboarding is basically non existent, internal reporting systems are vast, outdated, and slow. Internal data pulls should not be complicated!

Management is always open, supportive, communicative, and patient especially with new employees. They truly want you to succeed and will have your back with clients and will graciously turn your mistakes into learning opportunities. If you need help, you need to ask for it, because they won't hold your hand, but this in turn creates very self-sufficient employees with an overwhelming amount of mutual respect.

Since my job is completely remote (which is a huge PRO), the onboarding process is a little more challenging since it's done virtually, but they work with you through the pains of virtual learning and are understanding.

Friendly and cooperative team members, flexible working hours and remote option.

Slow in HR process in some cases.

Solid compensation: Good benefits, mid-range bonuses (when available), pension & mid-range RRSP matching. Decent vacation but it doesn't increase until you're there 15 or 20 years. Smart people: Working with long-standing teams of software developers and the controller engineers is great. Sophisticated and complex challenges regularly. Implementing AI: They're being very considered about how they implement it & doing it at a measured (not slow and not slam-it-in) pace.

Process: It's highly, highly process-driven. The layers can feel burdensome. Bottom line: They're chasing it with work being moved from North America and Europe to Asia and South America. There's definitely an old boys club and lots of references generalizating and comparing generations. Environmental policy contradictions: They say they want to be environmentally friendly, but have imposed RTO & are only hiring within commuting range of offices.

Everyone is very nice and the building itself is really cool.

Too many people in leadership positions and nobody takes any responsibility or has accountability for the poor decisions they make (or just fail to make entirely). Also, high-level leaders seem to be out of touch with mid-level managers. Purse strings were extremely tight so rewarding star employees was extremely tough to get approved and always denied. People hired for their experience in certain fields were very quickly dismissed when they offered their insight.