Corning Reviews

Pros

There are always new and interesting developments going on, whether I am on the project or not. This place doesn't stand still.

Cons

Sometimes the culture of "politeness" prevents people from doing the right thing.
The individual contributor is not really valued as much as the management track so we have people supervising who aren't good supervisors but have other great skillsets; apparently having them be supervisors is the only way to justify their pay grade.

Pros

solid technology in the work place with honest people

Cons

middle america type mentality --- broaden your thought process

Advice to Senior Management

be more cutting edge. attack the market

Pros

Corning does things right. They don't jump into things without substantially weighing the pros and cons, it's a great place to learn the right way to go about product development and customer satisfaction.

Cons

Different departments are quite silo'd and moving from one department into another feels like switching employers altogether. This requires substantial internal networking.

Advice to Senior Management

Take leadership more seriously. Several leaders at the executive level exhibit crucial leadership flaws and several amount to "laughing stocks." Politely move them out of the way and get a true leader.

Pros

People are helpful and informative.

Cons

Conservitive decision making overall in reporting.

Advice to Senior Management

Public facing product

Pros

Fortune 500 company that gives back to the community as much as possible

Cons

Tough to climb the ladder as a male.

Pros

friendly place to work - nice company and town

Cons

Worked 1000s of overtime hours at Corning's Diesel Plant. Company gave no extra compensation or time off. Gave a big 1.8% raise per year for insane amounts of overtime. Plant management is really bad.

Advice to Senior Management

Give technical support personnel better raises. It does not help moral when Corning hires in engineers that work with you at 20k more per year. They do not know anything and have to constantly ask you questions on how things work at the plant. Also the new hires get all the holidays off while the engineers that have been at the plant for 4 years or more get stuck working weekends and holidays. Also be ready to answer your cell phone all night long to help the plant stay running.

Pros

Some people are really nice working with, they can be great friends in your life,

Cons

Slow on everything, waste too much time and resources on many useless projects and products.
Too much politics, promotion based on personal relationship.
What a shame to see many bright young men are being wasted at Corning.
Some mid level managers don't know what they should know, or just pretend they know, lack of vision, cronyism is not unusual.
Poor location, nothing to do but work, long frigid winter, high utilities cost, high property tax, very limited houses on market, difficult to sell if you move, it is an isolated real estate market. Difficult to attract top talents, will lose ground on getting quality workers as boomers retiring.
Long history is good, but it can be a burden. Look how Kodak busted...

Advice to Senior Management

More listening, more respect. Trim down organization structure, make it more simple, less useless leadership or incapable managers. Employees can see and think.

Pros

Great place to work for women and minorities who are given preference
Corning is good location to raise a family
Surrounding school systems are decent

Cons

Highly cyclical business, frequent layoffs
Corning is a poor location if you are young and single
Old and established corporate culture enables finger pointing, intolerance, risk aversion

Pros

Open-mind environment, People who work here can deliver different opinions for open-discussion.

Cons

Display demand is going down.

Advice to Senior Management

Leadership

Pros

Value-oriented, professional, gratifying, career potential.

Cons

Upward mobility, pay structure, isolation in Corning NY.