Eastman Kodak Reviews

Pros

opportunities to do different jobs

Cons

digital transition not fast enough

Advice to Senior Management

be more agile

Pros

fun place to work and interesting people just eperfect

Cons

social relationships can be tricky if you come from different backgrounds. Location is not ideal and future of the company is gloom

Advice to Senior Management

more responsabilities and more engagement, increase motivation and wages for all middle level people

Pros

The ability to take on new positions within the company has historically been great. However, opportunities are now much more limited.

Cons

Opportunities are very limited with the struggles in todays environment. There's too much inside track career advancement happening with people that are not the best candidate.

Advice to Senior Management

Mgmt needs to better assess the capability of their people and improve utilization of other people. If you're not in the crowd your opportunities are limited.

Pros

Professional atmosphere
Excellent pay
Respect for employees
Great benefits
Reputation of company for the way it treats it's customers makes it easy to at least get an initial meeting with prospects

Cons

Concerns about possible bankruptcy
Slow to adapt to changes in technology and marketplace
Too much paperwork which takes time away from field sales activity

Advice to Senior Management

Must find a way to gain a leadership position in the digital marketplace.
Listen to the feedback from the field
Reduce paperwork for sales force

Pros

Enjoyable work and smart technical co-workers.

Cons

Consistent bad decision making by Top Management for 20 years.

Pros

easy going. great team work.

Cons

Chemical film doesn' last forever!

Advice to Senior Management

If you don't switch over to digital camera for the sake of protecting your chemical film profit, other companies will switch and will destroy your film business.

Pros

Excellent pay and benefits, but watch out at review time - they forget everything you've ever done for them.

Cons

Old boys network. Senior management and up keep all the cookies.

Advice to Senior Management

Get rid of Antonio - he has taken a great company on a long, painful, personal, high paying ride. He keeps most of the cookies and he's already full.

Pros

Good work life balance.
 Left to my own devices as long as I do my job and customers are happy

Cons

Sometimes a lack of leadership and directions within my organization.

Pros

It's a good place to work since I am on my own 90% of the time. I manage my own calls and my manager allows us to handle our customers.

Cons

The news coming out of corp is rare. they are taking the company cars away, which is ok, but the mileage plan they are offering is a slap in the face. It ends up being about 20 cents per mile.

Advice to Senior Management

rethink the mileage. I see a lot of people leaving because of it. Who wants to lose money goin gto work everyday?

Pros

Lots of great technology, great people, great products. Good environment.

Cons

Very cash strapped so limited training, no college tuition payments, sword of Damacles always hanging over head for upcoming layoffs.