ABB Group Reviews

Current Employee – been working at ABB Group full-time for more than 3 years

Pros – Awesome company tha cares about you

Cons – Its a big company and can be confusing

Former Employee – worked at ABB Group full-time for more than a year

Pros – Diversified product offerings
International presense
Large customer base

Cons – Lack of communication
Secretive strategy
Poor benefits

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Former Employee – worked at ABB Group as an intern for less than a year

Pros – Very professional, supportive, amicable, proficient, skilled

Cons – Unplanned, chaotic, small communication gaps, slight uninformed schedule modifications

Advice to Senior Management – It would be nice to lay out a skeleton of a plan/timeline for the newly-hired depicting the tasks and deadlines in advance so that the newly-hired knows what to do and where to go for guidance during his/her tenure at the company.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at ABB Group full-time for less than a year

Pros – Has many different fields and positions to move up too and gain experience in.

Cons – Some supervisors are cool, but others not that great. In some areas you work overtime on the weekend and its mandatory, while most other areas work theirs during the week and weekend work is voluntary.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Current Employee – been working at ABB Group as a contractor for more than a year

Pros – flexible with hours. If you need to take some time off, you can make up your hours. You can leave for lunch. Some very nice staff.

Cons – Make promises they don't keep. Promise to make you full time and it never happens.
Conflicts of interests. They let spouses report to Spouses that hold management positions.
They play favorites. They let some managers get away with stuff that they should not get away with

Advice to Senior Management – Do not let spouses work in the same department. Hold every employee to the same standards and stop playing favorites.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at ABB Group

Pros – good balance of work and life
no OT required
worklord is reasonable,
people are friendly

Cons – Management competency is low
job security is low

Advice to Senior Management – should recognize that employees add value to the company development, and keep employees other than lay off people often

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at ABB Group

Pros – Training and development opportunities are widely available and encouraged. Even with the current economic trends, top management supports these initiatives. Corporate culture is supportive, and the company is trying to encourage employees to work beyond traditional lines. However, with such a big company, the silo effect is definitely still prevalent. I have been lucky enough to work with a great team and meet a lot of nice people. They are willing to help and have reasonable expectations. I feel that I am valued and my work makes an impact. I appreciate the opportunity I have been given to work at ABB.

Cons – I really have not gotten enough feedback from my manager. There is just so much going on within the company and our department. I know there are priorities above that, but I feel like I get lost in the mix sometimes. I feel like I could grow a lot more with better feedback. With a global company, there is a priority on alignment, which can be frustrating at times, but ultimately helpful. Because we are such a big company, even regionally, my team is spread out which can make our work a little difficult because I can't just go next door.

Advice to Senior Management – Continue to be transparent about the direction the company is moving towards

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at ABB Group

Pros – The pay scale seems very competitive and fair. 401k, pension plan, vision, dental and health! Coworkers are always willing to support if needed. The managers are all former Field Service Personnel and know what it takes to get the job done.

Cons – The travel for my particular job is significant. Not good for someone with close family ties. There is a just get the customer taken care of mentality with no regard for the employee needs.

Advice to Senior Management – Listen to the needs and concerns of your employees. Some of the low people actually have some helpful things to add.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at ABB Group

Pros – ABB is a Large Company with good benefits. There are many opportunities in other parts of the company if you don't like where you are presently. A large company also rides the vissisitudes of the market easier than a small company. Perhaps the best reason is the benefits. The company does more than it has to in some areas. 401k is average. Vacation is wonderful as is the severence package if you're unlucky enough to use it. They also have good tuition reimbursement and adoption benefits. If you woud rather loaf than work, ABB is the place for you. It's easy to hide in a nook or cranny of the corporate structure if you want.

Cons – Large Company with much politics. Trying to get anything done quickly is impossible. As a marketing manager, it was very difficult working with marketing communications (the people who are responsible for corporate image and rule of how documents and other media should look.) They always shot down our ideas because they didn't fit with the European mentality, even though they fit perfectly with a US customer. ABB is a European company which means most discisions are by committee and consensous instead of a dictator style. Trying to get consensous on everything is impossible or you end up with something that no one likes. The Web site was terrible when I was there but it's improved a bit since then.

Advice to Senior Management – Learn how to integrate the ABB portion of the company with the Bailey Controls part of the company better. Job swap programs between Sweden or Switzerland (or Germany) and the US would be helpful. It seems that the Bailey controls sub-group is still thinking like Bailey controls while the European ABB group is pushing things down the necks of the US group without thinking about ramifications.

Current Employee – been working at ABB Group

Pros – ABB is a very large company where employees have opportunity to grow, either
in the same area or into something else. It is a great place to grow professionally.
However, it may not have many opportunities available for promotios within the same
branch one is at, so at times, to move forward, it is necessary to move within the industry
to other cities / plants.

Cons – It depends in which city the company is located at and the culture of the people.
ABB sells itself as a company that welcomes / accepts diversity. However, when
you are inside the company, if you think different or come from a culture which
is different from the culture of the city the company is located at, it might be very
challeging for them to accept you and incorporate you into their culture.
At times I felt discriminated for the treatment I was receiving from being from a
different country and having different beliefs. The way they advertise diversity
is very different that what it is in the real life.

Advice to Senior Management – To focus on developing the people. Spend time in creating a nice environment for employees
who work inside the company. Have appreciation for people's work, encourage people
to move forward. It pays off, the results will show!

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend