Decent place to work, but declining. - Salaried (mid-level) Timken Employee Review

3.0
Dec 2, 2009
Recommend
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Pros

Pay and benefits are better than most in our area. Proud tradition of helping the community, making me proud to work here. Lot of good people to work with; enjoy coming to work most days.

Cons

Pay variabilities between associates - it's not what you know, it's who you know. Some associates (mid-level and management) seem to be on the fast track - regardless of what they know. Many associates get the "basic" benefits package, but the "chosen ones" get extra vacation and signing and/or retention bonuses. Recent layoffs were questionable; there is still a lot of dead weight here and they laid off some of the best people we had. Even laid off our safety person, then had to bring in a retiree when they realized no one else could do the job. Who thought of that cost savings?

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Pros

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Cons

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3.0
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Pros

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Cons

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