Eastman Kodak Reviews

Pros

Company has good name recognition

Cons

Due to continual downsizing the workload is large and hours long.

Pros

Competitive benefits and collaborative work environment

Cons

Unfocused strategy; management decisions seem inconsistent with brand equity

Advice to Senior Management

Abandon unprofitable, low-growth businesses

Pros

If it is a remote manufacturing facility, it is good. If you're proximate to the corporate office, it can get pretty weird.

Cons

They seem to be in perpetual downsize mode. This makes people uneasy in their work.

Advice to Senior Management

Some of the goats should hang it up, like the head of purchasing. You can't farm proprietary technology out if you want to keep your business. It doesn't develop people, at least in this country (USA).

Pros

Former R&D and inovation. Large portfolio of patents.

Cons

Management horrible. Good people wasted.

Advice to Senior Management

Face reality, quit thinking you can make your insane dreams come true.

Pros

People were great
Photography is a socially important and rewarding field

Cons

Leadership was poor
Culture was part of the problem

Advice to Senior Management

Need a new CEO

Pros

They have money to invest

Cons

Lacks direction at times. Layoffs.

Advice to Senior Management

Do less, make it count

Pros

- salary and benefits competitive within the market
- Some great co-workers
- chance to learn from different people across organizations
- looks good on resume

Cons

- management has no clue about employee motivation
- downsizing never seems to end
- poor results in the last 6 years doesn't help to keep people motivated
- lack of direction and communication, nobody's sure what are the expectations of the company in the near future

Advice to Senior Management

quit! kodak desperately needs new management to bring back the old Kodak way and values, along with some profit

Pros

People and work / life balance is great. Salaries are reasonable.

Cons

Benefits and recognition of success are lacking.

Advice to Senior Management

Look for your good people and promote them to more effective roles. This includes salary increases as you can't expect 80 hour weeks w/no opportunity for growth in salary.

Pros

Salary and benefits are reasonable
Employees are generally knowledgeable, competent and hardworking

Cons

Poor employee morale due to constant downsizing
Lack of clear direction for company ffrom management
Uncertain viability of the company
Poor leadership, especially from mid-level managers
Too many mid-level managers

Advice to Senior Management

Remove layers of management, and demand accountability from those that remain
Get serious about listening and responding to employee concerns
Develop a clear strategy for success of the company

Pros

Intriguing technology; personable and talented co-workers; excellence in performance is generally appreciated by most peers and immediate management. Opportunities to shine are available to most everyone.

Cons

Complete lack of communication from mid- and upper-management. Lack of focus on core technologies and solid opportunities for revenue. Inability of executives to face reality. Utter lack of leadership in so many areas.

Advice to Senior Management

The best thing that the board of directors could do for this company is fire the CEO, the comptroller, and most division heads and bring someone on board who has experience turning around failing organizations.