Avery Dennison Reviews

Pros

Pace and variety are excellent

Cons

Long hours, unealistic expectations lead to frustration

Advice to Senior Management

More consistency

Pros

Good balance between home and work life
Competitive pay
Good working conditions, clean, well maintained.
Generally friendly and accepting people.

Cons

Incredibly short term focus
There tends to be a bit of turmoil and uncertainty because decisions tend to be made too quickly,
resulting in lots of changes, reversals, or rework.
none of the investment choices in the 401K made money last year
There does not seem to be any strategic direction or long term plan.

Advice to Senior Management

Focus more on long term direction, and less on short term opportunities. Adopt a more careful, methodical approach to decision making.

Pros

Good work life balance compared to my previous employer.

Cons

Pay wasnt as good as my previous job. And benefits aren't that good.

Advice to Senior Management

Better retirement and health benefits. Health benefits are too expensive.

Pros

One thing you notice at Avery Dennison is that every door is always open, whether you are engaging a senior leader or an intern, you get the same level of respect and time to share your issues, ideas and thoughts. Wonderful team culture full of many intelligent people from all over the world. Great place to learn and develop your career.

Cons

The compensation is OK in the region, certainly not up there with the Financial institutes, but it could be ever so slightly better, to ensure staff are motivated financially as they are stimulated by the great work and opportunity to develop.

Advice to Senior Management

As we look to grow in the region, it's important to share the great work/life culture at Avery Dennison. I would like to see our Senior Management become greater brand ambassadors in the region and share our culture on various social media platforms and blogs.

Pros

Lots of great people in lower levels (little Sr. management included) to work with
Innovative spirit - related to product development

Cons

- Work very long days - some of us make 50-60hrs weeks
- Some Sr. managers have no intercultural competence, they have no clue how to deal with non-US employees
- It is clear that supporting functions are much less important than sales
- In most cases solutions, options are chosen by people who have little understanding of the details

Advice to Senior Management

Focus on the development of people

Pros

You have a lot Autonomy
Competitive Pay
It is very Family Friendly

Cons

A little Ambiguous
There is not much training
Complex

Advice to Senior Management

Give more incentives based on performance

Pros

Knowledgeable, helpful professionals
Good communication between co-workers
Responsible and accountable employees
Exposure to complex tax issues (including international)
Many learning opportunities
Autonomy

Cons

Subpar communication with senior management
Limited opportunities to advance within the company
Work-life balance
Company is in the process of cutting costs and headcounts

Advice to Senior Management

Do a better jobs of opening communication lines and establishing a little more transparency
Offer employees more inter-company advancement opportunities

Pros

Great benefits. The best medical insurance I've ever had.

Cons

Hiring and promoting of incompetent managers, as well as others not based on merit or capabiilty. Every morning is like boarding the Titanic. There is constant upheaval within the org.structure, with each change being less productive than the previous one.

Advice to Senior Management

Stop making cost-cutting the primary goal of the company. Try running the company efficiently and effectively, you might be surprised with the results.

Pros

Upper management communicates well and they help you develop good habits to grow professionally. I was very fortunate to work as a tech while they let me finish my Master's degree. My undergraduate degree was not in the respective field was in and they knew that. So they let me work part time while I went back to school. Most companies do not do this but I was very grateful that they let me stay.

Cons

In order to advance you need at least a Master's degree, PhD preferably. Other downsides are that you can get let go at any time. That is how it is at any private company, though. If a project you are working on has no funding, they may not need your services anymore. This is how corporate culture is so you always have to be performing well.

Advice to Senior Management

I feel that management here is good. Sometimes they do not share ideas with lower level staff but that is expected with the job. They are understanding in career development and they will let you know that this is a place for people with graduate degrees. Other than that people are very friendly and has a laid back corporate culture.

Pros

Freedom, great group to work with

Cons

BORING and often times left to fend for yourself

Advice to Senior Management

More training and guidance