Emerson Electric Reviews

Pros

the best people
very competent management team

Cons

individual supervisors can stunt your development

Advice to Senior Management

Continue to be ahead of the game

Pros

many ears that survived the economy

Cons

no advancement
no learning
a lot of mistakes

Advice to Senior Management

stop hiring more chiefs

Pros

Goos work/life balance, people like to stay long time, high seniority management, solid financial foundation.

Cons

Things and projects take too long to accomplish, needs lots of approvals to buy a pen or a pencil.

Advice to Senior Management

Try new strategies, new technologies, business model realies too much on people seniority and expertise, rather orn systems and structure or technology.

Pros

Emerson is a large company that has an excellent track. It isn't a company that everyone recognize because it is conglomeration of many recognized companies (Rigid tools, Insinkerator, Closet Maid, knaack)

Cons

Employee discounts on the home use items mentioned are not worth it. It may be slightly cheaper but after shipping it more expensive than walking into Home Depot and buying it on sale.
It follows the typical large company practices - move all the jobs to Asia and leave a few business/sales people in the US.

Advice to Senior Management

The company has to make shareholders happy but they need to do the impossible and keep jobs in the United States.

Pros

overall a very solid company. well managed, people are respected, culture is good. compensation is good. managers are usually good.

Cons

work life balance is a challenge, very little vacation time comparing to other companies. old-style management sometimes. Need to dress-up all time in the corporate offices.

Advice to Senior Management

offer better work0life balance to attract more talent, especially high-tech people, who are usually what the company is targeting. St louis is not a best place to work/live, so at least give them some break once in a while.

Pros

Strong stable company. Brilliant upper management in the Fisher division, that is very respectful to everyone, and has the time to just chat a moment when you see them. I have no consideration to find employment elsewhere because i believe what they believe.
Great core values.

Cons

What I have seen that worries me a bit, is HQ pushing for the bottom line to come up more with movement of domestic manufacturing to overseas, and is understandable to some degree; but; at what price will we pay in the end for the quality of the Emerson products sinking to make another dollar..

Advice to Senior Management

Stop putting your divisions under one process umbrella. This actually hurts the bottom line. Let us do what we do best within Emerson values. No more no less. Give us the tools we need, and I gaurantee we can have domestic manufacturing and quality that cannot be matched in the world with steady profits intead of the quick fix. I'm in for the long haul, and I hope you are too.

Pros

The company allows its employees quite a bit of autonomy. Emerson also offers in-house training for its employees.

Cons

Emerson's goal is to continue to grow its low cost country workforce and supply base. This does not bode well for the future of its employees and operations in the US and Europe.

Advice to Senior Management

Emerson's reputation will suffer if the continual push for low cost suppliers and material cost reductions creates a culture of indifference to quality.

Pros

High caliber people, good working conditions. Great place to work and learn industry best practices. A solid company to invest in long term.

Cons

US jobs have been moving overseas to low-cost countries. Many positions have been eliminated for good.

Advice to Senior Management

None at this moment.

Pros

It is a financially sound company, which is very important. If they stick to their core values, they will be around for a very long time. Emerson is probably a better company to invest in than work for.

Cons

Below average compensation.

The corporate culture makes it very hard to solve problems, because the problem solving process has become more important than solving the problem itself.

Although Emerson Process Management touts itself as an innovator, you'd better make sure your innovation doesn't make one of the big divisions (PSS, Rosemount, or Regulators) look bad, because your innovation will be killed.

Emerson Process Management also has a reputation for being very arrogant, especially outside of the U.S. Emerson seems to have the opinion that customers will buy what we tell them, because we know what's best.

It was announced just recently that Emerson Process Management was going to start talking to customers before developing new products. How innovative. How fresh.

Advice to Senior Management

Keep managing the company financially the way you have been for the last 100+ years. You are doing a great job. Realize, however, that to develop truly innovative products and services requires an open mindset that just does not exist in the organization.

Pros

Good Stable company. Profitable. High Potential Employees can advance quickly. Opportunities around the world. Promotes from within. Innovative people with ability to solve problems in all functions and areas. Onsite fitness center and classes available.

Cons

Work - life balance is not great. Location within St. Louis is bad. There is nowhere to live nearby - most commute 30+ minutes. Old manufacturing culture. Office politics at its worst.

Advice to Senior Management

Continue expanding into emerging markets. Work on developing talent and leadership within.