Growing company, needs a lot for work to put solid systems in place - Controller Emerson Employee Review

4.0
Jun 17, 2013
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Multinational, you are issued a corporate AMEX card and a blackberry to travel which you will do quite often. You'll meet people from all over the world and learn new skills and develop yourself.

Cons

HR is really bad in Emerson which cascades to other functions. Everyone tries to push the work to others. Poor benefits when compared to similar companies and industries.

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5.0
Jun 9, 2026
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Pros

Great work - life balance

Cons

limited growth opportunities unless willing to relocate

2.0
Jun 25, 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Great immediate supervisor and their boss. Made top-down communications tolerable. Great co-workers and great collaboration that lifted the entire team.

Cons

(1) RIF based on tenure, not performance. HR is too powerful a department, and everyone fears it. (2) Tenure made you lazy, killed creativity, initiative, and promoted a "yes" culture. (3) During COVID layoffs, CEO pay went from $3.7 million to $15.x million, while employees endured 25% furloughs for 3 months, and management 10% reduction in pay for 6 months - explain how that is reasonable. (4) CEO declared DEI as the way forward for career mobility, and a lot of young, promising talent walked out the door, including DEI-qualified minorities. (5) I was one of those minorities.

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