IT is a cost center - Software Developer EnerSys Employee Review

1.0
Sep 26, 2025
Recommend
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Pros

Good starting career. Reasonable work life balance. Moving to PTO model is better than the original offering from years past.

Cons

Senior leadership is a shark tank, interested only in cost cutting. Raises are not merit based, and rely on slightly underpacing inflation, regardless of performance. Engineering talent/expertise is not regarded as a resource worth preserving; from Cleveland closing, to Richmond trimming (with zero engineers as of 2025), to the RIF of 2025 throughout North America that largely hit IT. The organization, as a whole, has a cultural problem, and has a habit of making poor financial decisions from sunk costs (lead crisis circa 2020 , SAP implementation circa 2021 in Richmond, and multiple corporate IT projects that I was privy to from 2022-2025) Beyond that, IT as a whole is considered a cost center, rather than a value delivery department, in this digital age. They are consistently under staffed, under paid, over tasked with delivering the improbable (impossible?), after outside consultants have failed.

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5.0
Jan 14, 2026
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Pros

Amazing experience Lot of opportunity for improvement Very good people and friendly environment

Cons

Budget constraint for the projects

3.0
Apr 13, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

The pay is good if you actually get all of your hours. The benefits are very good. There are frequent opportunities for advancement if you are willing to get out of your comfort zone.

Cons

They have leaned out the workforce so much that we all wear multiple hats and are often scrambling to keep up with constantly growing quotas. Plant was recently retooled with a lot of new equipment, but it still breaks down frequently. You might be overworked one day, then sent home with no work the next day. Cameras EVERYWHERE watching your every move. Locker rooms / showers are disgusting. Leads are pretty much useless. Most of them abuse their phone privileges with no consequences.

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