BEHR Reviews

Pros

Good company to work for if you're just waiting to retire, as you see people keep their jobs (or even get promoted) doing not too much work. Stable pay, nice benefit if you've been with the company for many years, and nice bonus program.

Cons

Some managers are so incompetent that you want to shoot yourself rather than working for them; not a good place to advance your career if you don't know how to kiss some butts.

Advice to Senior Management

Listen to what the majority workers have to say, don't just talk to the managers who report to you.

Pros

good benefits. ok pay. Good Product

Cons

Lack of leadership and understanding of the job by upper management They are out of touch with what is going on in store leve. Your job depends on the support and work ethic of Home Depot employees

Advice to Senior Management

Get out of your house and off conference calls. getout in the field and work.

Pros

Great people and a great company to work for.

Cons

Solid company better than most.

Pros

Company is pretty recession proof, offers great products to consumers, and the company does a great job of innovating new products.
Company places bets in strategic areas that will allow for future growth
Culture is dependent upon department.
Old culture, too many long term employees, not much innovation
Strong senior leadership (CEO, CFO, Finance / Accounting Team)
Tuition reimbursement program is outstanding (however only works if the company gets more out of it then just grades), too many managers getting undergraduate degrees,

Cons

Poor talent recognition
Poor growth and innovation reward recognition
Stale, too many not so smart people in middle management impeding bottoms up innovation.
Not enough education in middle management, poor understanding of business concepts, poor understanding of process improvement
Need stronger middle management / talent recognition program to let the talent grow and lead,

Advice to Senior Management

Great job getting into new programs that will push growth, however the team needs to do a better job a recruiting stronger smarter team members who can take on more and can help drive growth through innovation (internal cost reduction, external expansion through innovative home grown ideas)

Pros

Some departments are better than others

Cons

Senior management needs to find a new play book rather than the GE one and stop passing the buck

Advice to Senior Management

Senior management needs to find a new play book rather than the GE one and stop passing the buck

Pros

Great place to learn and get experience. Good quarterly bonus and benefit.

Cons

Limited for career growth and expand the area of responsibilities. Inflexibility for new process changes.

Advice to Senior Management

Improve performances by research the right business process and hire the right person to lead the new process

Pros

steady business; relatively easy working environment;

Cons

slow career development progress; sometime talking appears more "valuable" than actually doing

Advice to Senior Management

Not really much to say

Pros

Company is growing despite recession. New products are usually successful. Company does not waste money.

Cons

The company is part of Masco. Othe divisions have been devastated by the collapsed housing market.
Competency of management varies by department.

Advice to Senior Management

Continue to focus on new products and quality to differentiate us from competition. Hold more frequent communications where senior management talks about the current state of the business. A quarterly letter is OK, but not frequent enough.

Pros

Solid company with a terrific product.
Company values its employees, tries to keep them happy.
Very low turnover rate, many employees with ten or more years of service

Cons

Company is in a "non-sexy" business. Housing recession has had an effect on sales.

Advice to Senior Management

Keep focus on new and improving products as well as expanding internationally.

Pros

Hard work is usually recognized through different awards. Entry level employees who want to be promoted should take Behr's education assistance, it's free money to help you get better jobs. Benefits are decent, bonus plan takes full effect after 3 years of employment is is generous and Behr pays a DPSP for your retirement which is good.

Cons

Warmer weather makes you work like a dog to just stay on top of business, meaning lots of overtime and sweat. You don't get paid a lot to start, but after a year you start getting a DPSP plan and then after 3 years you are on a full bonus every three months which increases hourly pay by $3 a hour average or more. Some employees may not plan to stick around for 3 years, or are temps which mean they don't work very hard and full timers pick up the slack.

Advice to Senior Management

Raise the starting pay by a couple dollars an hour to set yourself apart from competitors and become a company known for paying its workers well. Well paid employees will be less inclined to risk their jobs by being lazy than underpaid ones.