Esterline Reviews

Current Employee – been working at Esterline full-time for more than a year

Pros – 1. A large portion of products are designed and manufactured in-house.
2. Have in-house manufacturing/fabrication/assembly.
3. Implementing positive change for overall and future company growth.
4. Allowed to be involved at any stage of legacy products and new product introduction.
5. A considerable portion of employees have been working there from 5 to 30 years.

Cons – 1. Cultural change - not negative.
2. Current structural and organizational shifting.
3. Can take a while for your role and duties to be fully defined.
4. Implementation for change is slow and evolving.
5. Resistance on cultural change.

Advice to Senior Management – 1. Hold people accountable for their work.
2. Implement a short and/or long term plan an execute to completion.
3. Proactive approach in resolving product related issues.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Current Employee – been working at Esterline full-time for more than 7 years

Pros – Low ambition place. Hours short

Cons – If you're not morman you can forget about advancement.

Advice to Senior Management – Invest in the company

Former Employee – worked at Esterline full-time for more than 10 years

Pros – It was good working in a smaller company, however, had the resources of a larger corporation. Could usually get a project in the works as long as one could prove return on investment.

Cons – Not much in the way of collaborative management at the time. Most things passed from the top down for direction and projects. Corporate office stuffy. Not very personable.

Advice to Senior Management – Allow the employees to have advancement options and career growth. Really seek the input of the staff and also help them to buy into the projects, not just setup what will be done and then implement.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at Esterline as an intern for more than a year

Pros – Growing Company, Making major improvements.

Cons – No accountability for actions of employees

Advice to Senior Management – Make people accountable for their actions!

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Current Employee – been working at Esterline

Pros – Big company, set hours to work, employees laid back. Creativity and hard work is appreciated, good communication with senior managers. Great CEO.

Cons – Employees who work for decades not to much of advancement. Politics, but that's everywhere the same.

Advice to Senior Management – More transparency would not hurt.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at Esterline

Pros – Ability to transfer between divisions
Professional advancement
Opportunities to learn the other functional areas of a business
Exciting industry and products

Cons – Some management does not understand entire process
Need for recognition of the "little people"
Better plans to staff at the appropriate level

Advice to Senior Management – Tell your employees the truth and not just what they want to hear
Develop programs to acknowledge achievement at all levels

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at Esterline

Pros – Yearly raise. Relaxed atmosphere. Annual performance review.

Cons – Too many meetings. Too much red tape. Micromanaging Managers Too much theoretical head knowledge but in reality they don't practice what they preach. Performance review only allows you to get a 2% raise.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at Esterline

Pros – It has the benefits of working for a small company but it also has the benefits of working with a large corporation.

Cons – Aging workforce, "this is the way we've always done things", some lack of leadership, not a lot of development opportunities.

Advice to Senior Management – Create more development opportunities for employees. Update work processes and get younger more innovative people into the workforce. Become a great place to work.

Current Employee – been working at Esterline

Pros – Very relaxed environment. People oriented. They will give you ample opportunities to grow and do better. Recognizes people continuously for good performance.

Cons – Communication is a challenge. Most of management does not know how to deal with conflict positively. Too many emotions and people taking things personally.

Advice to Senior Management – Need to play to people's strengths and recognize when people are in the wrong roles. Need to flush out the folks that pull the company backwards.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at Esterline

Pros – One of the few companies that still offers a real pension. They don't feel like they own you like some other companies do. They would never dream of bothering you when you are at home unlike other companies who have no compunction in calling you at 4AM in the morning.

Cons – The health insurance they offer is only good for catastrophic conditions. There are instances where senior management has very little knowledge of what people that work for them do.

Promotions are often given suddenly with no opportunity for peers to interview for the position and give rationale as to why they deserve the promotion.

Seniority within the firm seems to be rewarded with promotions. Sometimes this is wise but other times it seems like it's used as an excuse for upper management to not have to think too hard about who actually deserves the promotion and who is the most competent.

Advice to Senior Management – Seniority does not necessarily impart competence. The Peter Principle is alive and well at Esterline.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend