Corning Reviews

Current Employee – been working at Corning full-time for more than 10 years

Pros – Many locations throughout the US; when opportunities arise, you can move without leaving the company
Large number of job families; this is a good company for engineers, researchers, administrative, general business, and more; some projects include cross-functional teams
Headquarters is Corning, NY; nice town

Cons – Top management is not diversified - 5 white males, 1 black male
Many layers between most jobs and leadership
Stock price does not reflect true value of this company

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

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

Pros – Compensation and benefits, location, corporate reputation and growth opportunities

Cons – Poor work/life balance; exhausting; lots of red tape

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

Current Employee – been working at Corning full-time for more than 10 years

Pros – benefits, salary, variety, challenge, innovation of products that make a real difference to humanity

Cons – unclear why some senior leaders are promoted. Supervisors are becoming more demeaning, belittling and condescending. godd leadership skills and results count less amnd less. It is sliding toward average corporate culture vs. outstanding, which it used to be. It's very disppointed that open bullying is not only tolerated but promoted.

Advice to Senior Management – Get input futher down in the org. The climate is not good and morale is not what it used to be. Good people are ready to go somewhere else.

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

Current Employee – been working at Corning

Pros – Interviewers are nice and ask you technical questions

Cons – Not much cons, everyone was really nice.

Current Employee – been working at Corning full-time for more than a year

Pros – Exciting project all the times.

Cons – Small city with no prospects if you loose your job. Pay below average.

Advice to Senior Management – Reduce gap between employees' pay and upper management.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at Corning full-time

Pros – People are generally nice; good culture; benefits are okay.

Cons – Future of company is uncertain and not promising; HQ location is rural and isolated.

Advice to Senior Management – Recent stealth salary freeze, move to cliff vest and similar actions adversely affect employee morale and loyalty.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at Corning full-time for more than 10 years

Pros – Lots of opportunities across divisions

Cons – If you remain in one division for too many jobs you will limit your opportunity in other divisions.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at Corning full-time for more than 10 years

Pros – Invest in R&D year in and out to develop the next technology from glass and ceramics.

Cons – Starting to get bureaucratic with its increasing size.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at Corning as a contractor

Pros – Innovation, inspire employees in different ways

Cons – Not awared of any cons

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

Former Employee – worked at Corning full-time for more than 7 years

Pros – Nice people in this location. Support manufacture in RY, Mexico

Cons – business flat, some layoff happens during past a few years.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend