Just a job, very little chance for advancement - Applications Engineer Emerson Employee Review

2.0
Apr 28, 2011
Recommend
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Pros

Very secure work enviroment, Emerson is very good at what they do, and have an excellent reputation in the industry. It is a good place for engineers or sales people who like to have a 9 to 5 experience, they have a reasonable work life ballence.

Cons

There is very little chance for advancement, they don't typically perform reviews and often hire from outside rather than whithin. Emerson is always aquireing or re-structureing; this can leave the management structure in disarray. They seems to have a relatively high turnover in my division.

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Pros

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Cons

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2.0
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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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