Cummins Reviews

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

Pros – Excellent company offering great opportunity to grow in a specific function or across functions. If you are capable and deliver then all career paths are available to you. The company values are strong and diversity is appreciated. I would strongly recommend the company to employees especially for those just out of college. There is tremendous focus on these new employees. I have much for which to be appreciative.

Cons – A company who claims to be multinational does not set the example by growing their Columbus IN site disproportionately to to the employees in the balance of the world. Additionally there is limited appreciation for placing senior leaders around the world to understand the existing operations or the environment in those locations.
Work-life balance is poor considering the extent of effort placed on this initiative. Poor performance is dealt with appropriately by most areas but too much effort is placed on the things which do not add to the bottom line.

Advice to Senior Management – Appreciate the global employees which you have. Columbus is not the only place where senior leaders can be developed. Exhibit the multinational and truly diverse values you state and you will receive much more in return.
Return to the basics. Employees are the core of the business. Appreciating the value of these employees rather than the reactions of the stock market will pay far more dividends to the company.
Pay attention.... the build and downsize cycle is a standard which occurs every three years. Stay the slow and steady course rather than add people quickly only to eventually realize that all cannot be retained.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

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

Pros – Salaries are good. Flexiable in work schedule.

Cons – Diversity is not true to word. It depends on your race, gender etc.

Advice to Senior Management – Upper management needs to be more engaged and really involved in the everyday management of the employees. Harassment occurs everyday.

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 Cummins full-time for more than 7 years

Pros – Great projects, very analytically focused company. If you like data based decisions this is the company for you.

Cons – Corporate can be cut throat. The knives can come out when you least expect it. Very relationship focused and it is important for your individual success

Advice to Senior Management – Improve manager development

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at Cummins full-time

Pros – - very serious about cultural diversity
- generous in sponsoring H1B visas (2nd highest concentration in the US per capita)
- great place to raise children
- Everyone is very friendly and agreable
- Chance to get involved in a lot of projects

Cons – - All locations are be in remote small towns except for Beijing, Wuhan, and Pune offices
- Senior leadership appears to lack a long term vision, and bows to Wall Street analysts
- Six Sigma has morphed from being a useful tool set to being a cult. Meanwhile the practitioners are ignorant of basic statistics.
- HR considers engineers to be a commodity, and does not hire "the best and brightest." As a result, many of the best people have simply left out of frustration, and HR has just shrugged their collective shoulders.

Advice to Senior Management – Stop treating engineering like a cost center, and start getting serious about quality. Otherwise, one day the Chinese and Indian OEM's will make Cummins into a penny stock.

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

Current Employee – been working at Cummins full-time for more than 8 years

Pros – Diverse workforce and tuition plan.

Cons – Does not give same opportunities to its older workers. Emphasis is on younger workers.

Advice to Senior Management – Take a look at your managers to see if they are giving all employees the same opportunities to advance/change roles.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at Cummins full-time for more than 8 years

Pros – Great place to work, great outlook

Cons – None I could work here my entire life

Advice to Senior Management – Keep up the great work

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

Former Employee – worked at Cummins full-time for less than a year

Pros – Cummins is a great company to work for. Cummins has a diverse work force. Cummins allows its employees to work on a very flexible basis. Cummins has a huge corporate social responsibility goal.

Cons – Cummins recruiting process is very laid back. The HR is not sure when they need the specific candidate to hire. Even after the offer is given they take a long time to confirm all the details.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at Cummins as an intern for less than a year

Pros – Great employees, non-union plant, and Tom Linebarger is pushing this company for success.

Cons – Didn't enjoy living in Jamestown. Does not cater well to the young, professional crowd.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at Cummins as a contractor for less than a year

Pros – Great working environment
Lots of learning opportunities
A true feeling of responsibility

Cons – Can be dangerous given it's an engine manufacturing plant

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

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

Pros – Good overall vision and leadership, good social responsibility, challenging,

Cons – Salaries are low compared to industry average, very hard to move up salary pay scale,

Advice to Senior Management – Focus on better compensation for middle management employees

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend