Emerson Electric Reviews

Pros

Global leader in many manufacturing areas with far reaching resources and opportunities. Working conditions and benefits package are very competitive.

Cons

Sheer size of the company can make seemingly simple requests take much too long to complete due to the approval process.

Pros

Stable company. Good Benefits. Good pay. Easy work/life balance.

Cons

Movement within the company very slow. Good old boy club.

Advice to Senior Management

Promote from within.

Pros

Fortune company
Good learning experience
Company reputation

Cons

Not a lot of opportunity to move up

Advice to Senior Management

Management should get into plants to better understand how they are run and to insure Emersons goal are met.

Pros

Name Recognition, Opportunity, Growth, Business Processes

Cons

Consistently Outsourcing, Driven by Stock Market

Pros

Respects people, good leadership, great training ground

Cons

No opportunity for promotion, people are not nicde due to high demand

Advice to Senior Management

Pay better for more output.

Pros

no work pressure
Good work life balance
good work environment
good place to work in the initial part of the career

Cons

not much challenging work
salary not up to mark
promotions do not come easily
senior people do not share much information

Advice to Senior Management

Better appraisal system. Try to recognize talented individuals and give them training and promote them. Share knowledge with all employees.

Pros

Needs leaders, movement within the company is easy, a lot of opportunities for change

Cons

Outsourcing too many jobs and eliminating entry level positions
Does not promote or pay based on delivery of results

Pros

Strong in resources integration by the Emerson Corporate. Enforce division to improve managemental level

Cons

less of personal interface with employee.

Advice to Senior Management

To be lean, and get out of bureaucracy

Pros

people are good, flexible somehow

Cons

compensation is bad, too much outsourcing jobs to the other center

Pros

Great products, decent benefits, reasonably stable.

Cons

Completely blind focus on the quarterly performance numbers to the detriment of long-term, customer-centric approach.

Advice to Senior Management

Take care of the customer and gain market share organically. Your blind focus on ROTC will kill this once-great company.