Brady Reviews

Pros

Due to its relative small company size, you get to take on tasks that might not be possible with much larger MNCs, good for professional growth.
Office politics are there but less complicated compared to other companies.
Friendly place to work. Great co-workers.

Cons

Frequent direction changes at Management level; too impatient to wait for results.
Management believes that the big quantum leap will come from hiring people from big MNCs, always ended up hiring drop-outs from declining big brands.
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Advice to Senior Management

Set realistic, not lofty goals, don't just try to please the wall streets. Stop wasting money on consultants. Big change will come from some change out of the top management team. Believe in giving opportunities to middle management that has been loyal to the company

Pros

Most of the people are friendly
Great benefits, started first day of work
Suburban location with plenty of parking
Pay is decent for the area.

Cons

Speaking up or asking a question makes you look like a troublemaker-this is a VERY passive group of employees
There were some workplace privacy issues-part of the reason why I left
No work/life balance-be at work no matter what!!!
There was a factory on site-lots of health issues among employees
Younger, less educated employees were usually the ones promoted first
Difficult employees "kicked upstairs"

Advice to Senior Management

Promote from within, respect your employes' privacy and work/life balance

Pros

Very flexible work environment; ability to voice your opinion of what you want from your future role. The CEO is trying to turn the Brady environment around and really make it better for the employees.

Cons

Don't offer positive reinforcement as much as they should, don't appreciate all of the work their teams are doing right now since they are shorthanded. Need to listen to their employees more; don't get heard unless you're in the "liked" group; a lot of internal politics to battle.

Advice to Senior Management

Communicate more with all levels of the organization. Communication is key to making sure your employees are happy and won't leave once the economy turns around. Ask them their thoughts for future strategies and get them involved more.

Pros

Brady is a company full of great, hard working people. There are many career advancement opportunities, as well as frequent and high level exposure to executive teams and key projects. Excellent benefits.

Cons

Currently, there is a lack of communication for key changes taking place, in a time when a lot of change is occurring.

Advice to Senior Management

There is a strong leadership team at Brady, many people who have been with the organization a number of years.

Pros

Good place to work as a global org

Cons

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Advice to Senior Management

Good place to work as a global org

Pros

Brady has somewhat of a family atmosphere and yet much is expected from each department and each person to perform. Brady is innovative, but is somewhat slow in getting new ideas to market due to internal documentation requirements.

Cons

Brady has promoted some key management people that maybe should not be there.
These people have made some poor decisions on acquisitions, as well as eliminating positions of senior people in the company. When the economy turned down, the company has made some key decisions that have hurt them.

Advice to Senior Management

Advice: Stay with core competencies and what made Brady successful throughout history. Stay with the original plan to work thru key distribution partners and keep senior people in the company.

Pros

Innovative company with many customer focused employees. Upper management realizes it must find new fields to plow to find growth in the future so they are investing in this area. Great work groups who really have their hearts into this company.

Cons

Layoffs are regular when things start a slight down tick. I am sure another round is forthcoming, not sure where else they could cut. They want to be the next Danaher, but not sure if this is how they were built. Acquisitions have been hit or miss and have costs the company plenty of unrealized roi. Too many young people in charge.

Advice to Senior Management

Keep the employees we have today, they will lead us in the future.

Pros

They continue to produce new products. There is a big push in the R&D department to come up with new products and better materials. I think this is very important especially when the economy is not doing well. Also, the benefits are comparable to other businesses. Basically, the benefits are good but they are not outstanding. Compensation is also good. I am happy with what I make and I think their compensation is good not great (in line with other companies). Brady has been around for a while and it very concerned with the state of the economy. There is a strong push to improve efficiency and cut costs where they can.

Cons

Every few years they tend to lean the company which usually means layoffs. Also, you must be self-motivated.

Advice to Senior Management

Make sure that the company will be viable after the economic recession and not cut too many people.

Pros

They were flexible with time off.

Cons

Working different projects that does not fall under your position. When others are suppose to complete a job and fail at it you are the one that has to pick up thier slack because management hired unqualified workers. Raises were little and few adn far between.

Advice to Senior Management

To offer your employees better pay for the work they perform.

Pros

Big company, long leash. Sales goals were set using a reasonable (past performance) method.

Cons

Arbitrary termination decisions; obvious age discrimination

Advice to Senior Management

Take more care when executing acquisitions. Employees of the acquired companies know that changes are inevitable; never sugar-coat the "welcome" presentation by claiming that you will leave the smaller company alone.