HNI Reviews

Pros

HNI is a great place to work. There have been many opportunities for me to move up within the company and management is very good.

Cons

Pay could be better and location in Muscatine, Iowa is somewhat limiting , but overall a very good place to work.

Pros

Good learning environment. Lean Kaizen

Cons

Hot environment, sometimes long hours

Advice to Senior Management

None

Pros

The health benefits were very generous for families, not single young adults. After qualifying (2 years) for Cash Profit Sharing the company makes a generous match into members 401(k) accounts.

Cons

If you are starting your career with the company, do not expect guidance from management of what is expected of you, they assume you already know. There is a lack of support and communication between executives and mid-management and staff.

Advice to Senior Management

Stick to the basics on how HNI became successful. Give members in the company greater guidance along with transparency to how well the company truly is doing.

Pros

While working in the IT Department I had great gratification that I was able to help other people with their everyday problems. The production personal and office personal were great to work with.

Cons

Very stressful at times but that was all part of the job. I believe some people were probably paid more then they were worth, based on job performance.

Advice to Senior Management

I have no complaints what so ever about my boss or supervisor. They were both great to work with and very good at listening and giving tips/advice on the job.

Pros

Great people to work with
good company direction and management
the laid back managers work on the floor for personal assistance

Cons

Fast paced, stressful at times
I got trained in many areas over a short period of time, then had high expectations
monotonous work over time
long days, early hours

Advice to Senior Management

I suggest training the employees slower, until mastery of a certain area, then continue to broaden as time goes on

Pros

Good Company, Good Vision and mission

Cons

Too focussed on Lean without worrying about customer requirements

Advice to Senior Management

Develop business model to meet customer requirements

Pros

Nice place to work for interns. Plenty of opportunity to see entire operations within the company. Fun activities offered throughout the intern experience. Decent pay

Cons

Experience might not pull as much weight compared to working with other corporations. Matching projects with desired areas of work are lacking.

Advice to Senior Management

Include projects that results can be seen. Also screen who interns are paired with, interns should not be doing busy work for mentors.

Pros

Mid-size company made working there feel like working with close friends and family, allowing us to develop very good relationships with colleagues and peers.

Cons

Furniture industry is very volatile in the fact that it will be the first to feel the the downsides of a bad economy, and the first thing management will do is to arbitrarily cut head-count from all departments, regardless if you have been a good performer or not.

Advice to Senior Management

Take a salary cut from $250,000 to $75000 before you start letting lower level people go.

Pros

It is a very large stable company. They have health beifits, profitsharing. And there are still a lot of great people who work there.

Cons

Currently poorly managed, with respect to human recources. They just don't care much, if any, about the people that work for them. HON used to be more about being a good place to work, and employees were treated as, what they called "Members" Now the term "Members" is more like a slap in the face. Because being a member of somthing would indicate that you were part of somthing that you felt you belong to, and possible might have an influence in helping the cause of the company. Now people are treated as if it was their fault the company might be experiencing financial difficulty because of the economy.

Advice to Senior Management

Most people understand that the economy is bad, and that we need to cut corners and raise productivity, but that is no excuse to treat people with no respect. Let us help. Acknowlege the fact that that "you" the management don't have all the answers.