Eaton Reviews

Pros

Eaton's policies and management are such that micro-management doesn't happen and employees are empowered to make their own decisions. Work-life balance is excellent and ingrained in the company culture. All employees are expected to behave ethically, top to bottom.

Cons

As a large corporation, changes can take a long time to be implemented, even at the team/department level. All feedback is evaluated and elevated, but can get lost in the mix.

Advice to Senior Management

Create incentive packages that 1) are directly related to job performance; and 2) align the goals of all departments and production facilities to meet customer needs.

Pros

At the sales office, the dress code is casual depending on when you go meet clients. You get out of the office enough such that you are not just sitting at your desk all the time. Friendly people, and the management is very easy to talk to.

Cons

Some of the work that is required can be mundane as you are reading over the requirements and creating quotes.

Pros

good oppertunity to grow and learn from smart people

Cons

boys crowd, listen to the lower workers and spit the managment

Advice to Senior Management

dont be political

Pros

Good entry point into electrical industry
Interesting challenges
Good peer atmosphere

Cons

Lack of leadership at senior levels
Sub-par support functions
Lack of interest in developing people

Advice to Senior Management

Eaton is a company with outdated practices and lack of investment in both development of people and support functions for engineering and marketing.
It is a good place to learn the business and gain industry and technical knowledge...but do not expect any sort of career progression if you do not get promoted within the first 2-3 years, it is not a meritocracy in any way, shape, or form.
 It is part of the culture and acceptable as long as you determine what you want early on and have options.
Management should be aware, qualified engineers and marketers in some of the fields Eaton competes are scarce, especially if it takes years to learn the business and technical practices, but treat employees as expendable.

Pros

1. Good compensation
2. Very good work-life balance
3. Cares alot about employees
4. Ethics and values
5. Free breakfast, lunch and snacks

Cons

1. No camera phone policy
2. No work from home facility
3. Repetitive kind of work

Advice to Senior Management

Provide work from home facility,

Pros

Employee development
Ethical
Great work-life balance
Good communication

Cons

Lack of career opp.
Process gaps

Pros

A lot to learn and if you make it here, you will anywhere.

Cons

Need to communicate better every plant's long term goals.

Advice to Senior Management

Need empower mid level managers

Pros

Quality of the products
Presence in market place
Dedication of some of the staff
Massive potential to grow within the marketplace

Cons

Eaton run a very lean (sometimes too lean!!) operation, it's an organisation that offers immense opportunity, long hours are the norm if you want to exceed expectations and targets!!

Advice to Senior Management

Keep growing, Keep Inventing, Keep Designing, Keep Manufacturing, Keep Caring.
Stop the long hours, Stop moving production to Low Cost Countries, Stop Upsetting Customers!

Pros

career growth opportunities if you want to learn new things to prove yourself in your current position
work life balance

Cons

bureacracy and people who make decisions are not accountable for the results
too many policies and systems but no one really understand how to use them

Advice to Senior Management

reduce as many VP at the corporate level as possible to reduce costs and give authorization to people cost to customers

Pros

Always learning something new. Fast paced environment.

Cons

A lot of overtime. Very rural location.

Advice to Senior Management

Work smarter, not harder.