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Do not join this company - Chicago candidates beware! - Anonymous employee Fortune Brands Innovations Employee Review

1.0
May 1, 2025
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

The people who work here (before they leave anyway)

Cons

Executive leadership is completely disconnected from the rest of the company. Once great 100 year old brands being ruined by an incompetent exec suite. In the span of a 30 minute phone call, Nick Fink put an expiration date on the entire company by forcing all employees to relocate to Chicago without any increase of compensation. People are leaving in droves without notice, and morale is at rock bottom. It's clear decisions are underpinned by cookie cutter McKinsey consulting advice without understanding what keeps this company moving forward. It's hard to even complete simple tasks without knowing who is left or who owns what job responsibilities anymore. It's clear decisions are only made to land the quarterly earnings targets, and will stop at nothing to hit the EPS guidance. I've seen new hires onboard during this "transition" and have seen the hope quickly leave their eyes once they get a clue. With such reckless decisions, I can only assume major selloffs are soon to come. Between the poor decisions, the mass exodus of talent, and tariffs, this company will be a MBA case study by 2030 on how to sink a profitable company.

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5.0
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Cons

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1.0
May 3, 2026
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Pros

Literally run from this sh*tshow

Cons

If you’ve seen the new “Must Be a Moen” campaign from Fortune Brands Innovations / Moen, you might think it’s about quality, innovation, or pride in craftsmanship. Internally, it feels more like a running joke to explain away dysfunction. Confusing org structures? Must be a Moen. Constant leadership changes? Must be a Moen. Roles that look nothing like what you were hired to do? Must be a Moen. The gap between external branding and internal reality is… impressive. Strategy is talked about a lot, but execution devolves into hyper-tactical, low-value work with little alignment or clear ownership. Priorities shift frequently, often driven by whoever has the loudest voice in the room that week. Cross-functional collaboration is more theoretical than real—teams operate in silos, and decision-making lacks transparency. Instead of empowering experienced hires, there’s a tendency toward over-management and unnecessary process, slowing down even basic progress. To be fair, there are smart, hardworking people here—but many are stuck navigating a system that makes it difficult to do meaningful, impactful work. If you’re looking for a place where branding and reality align, this may not be it. But if you ever find yourself wondering “how did things get this way?”… well, I guess the answer is: must be a Moen.

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