Honeywell Aerospace Taking a Nosedive - Principal Engineer Honeywell Employee Review

2.0
Sep 23, 2009
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Pros

Was once a great innovator in Aerospace before Allied Signal acquired Honeywell and turned it into Honey-Ah-Lied. Still has some great engineers for new grads to work with, but very little new development to learn from, as management wants to "milk" the old products rather than invest in new development.. Benefits and pay were comparable to other aerospace companies, but the benefits have been steadily eroded for several years, including actual 10% pay cuts in 2009.

Cons

Upper management's entire focus is to outsource everything to save money -- even if the engineering work and manufactured products coming out of the outsourcing are shoddy. Upper management takes no responsibility for the product problems and only wants more work outsourced while experienced engineers are laid off or pushed to retire due to benefit cuts. The company is being driven into the ground by greedy corporate executives who don't contribute any real leadership or vision for the future of the company. The profits generated by all the cost savings go to bloated executive salaries and buying other businesses to pillage. The first thing the management does after an acquisition is to sell off all the buildings and land of the new business (and lease back the buildings) to pretend that they have made a profit. Then the outsourcing and layoffs begin, followed by the stifling of any investment in new products. Basically it's a cannibalistic company, devouring any resources and terminating employees.

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Pros

I really didn’t find any pros. This was by far the worst experience of my career.

Cons

Company is solely focused on hitting quarterly results by any means possible which limits any long term thinking or decision making. The culture is cut throat, the open floor plan limits the ability to connect with co-workers, allows for zero personal space and feels like working in a call center. Leadership has adopted the GE model from the 80’s and has no idea how to treat people. For example,I was called ‘f$%^ing’ stupid by a C-Suite leader and was present in many meetings involving Sr. Leaders cussing out junior employees. To say it was demoralizing would be an understatement. The company claims to be on the cutting edge of technology, but it’s all show, smoke and mirrors. This is a thermostat, scanner and floor fan company that cannot figure out how to innovate beyond adding Bluetooth or moving the power button. Software products are developed by people with absolutely no knowledge of operations and the turnover rate is beyond acceptable. Most of the positive reviews on this site are written by people who are new to Honeywell and in the honeymoon period. This is intentional and is an action in the onboarding process to make the company look better than it is. Reviews by tenured employees are generally poor and consistent with this feedback.

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