Not a bad place to coop - Software Engineering Coop Emerson Employee Review

4.0
Nov 19, 2024
Recommend
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Pros

Working here as a coop is pretty nice, and they are okay with you coming on and staying for multiple semesters in a row. You get federal holidays off, and one choice day per term. It’s a great way to get some work experience while you’re still in school.

Cons

As a coop, you don’t get nearly as many benefits as a salaried employee, which does make sense, but it is a con nonetheless. There are also strange rules about their wfh policy, where the salaried people can wfh I think 3 times a week, but the coops cannot wfh because they need “extra support” in office, which ends up feeling pointless because for most of the week, your coworkers are working from home anyway, or half of your team is in Europe.

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Pros

Great work - life balance

Cons

limited growth opportunities unless willing to relocate

2.0
Jun 25, 2026
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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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