Hill-Rom Holdings Reviews

Pros

Good products, good and helpful people.

Cons

Not the industry best in processes

Advice to Senior Management

It will be great to have a look at all hill-rom processes and try to improve them , which will also improve the overall quality of the products.

Pros

Cool challenging projects. Success is rewarding knowing you are creating good things for patients and caregivers. Good dsign and analytical tools.

Cons

Too many people to please, proceedures, and project constraints are cosistantly unreasonable, unless you are on a project that is favored by management. Favortism, and nepitism creates an almost maddening toxic enviroment that will eventually burn you out. They favor new engineers for new hires. Management will progressively make it harder and harder on you. Computers are outdated. Award systems for good work are broken or nonexistant.

Advice to Senior Management

Fair treatment is needed. Need to listen more to employees. A few managers need to be let go for their demoralizing treatment of their employees.

Pros

Hill-Rom's corporate offices are located in a small town with surprising resources. Everything is easily accessible. Schools are very good. You will get to know your work peers because you will interact with them in other places as well. The company is supportive of the town and vice versa. It is a great place to raise kids. You will meet some fantastic people, especially at the lower levels of the company where you find "locals" who have been here a long time.

Cons

Morale is very low. Layoffs created situations where those left have too much work. The load and the inability to successfully accomplish all of it is demoralizing. Remaining staff feels they are on the brink of being let go as well. Any planning from the top is not being interpreted well by middle management. It feels like we take off in one direction and before we finish, we start over in another direction. There is a significant "old boys club" mentality and an unwillingness to promote from within. This not only eliminates potential for career growth through promotion, but means that choice growth opportunities at one's current level tend to always go to the same few people.

Advice to Senior Management

Communicate more thoroughly throughout the company. The quarterly meetings do not provide a lot of information that people want to know. There is too much "spin" on the important agenda items. For example, tell everyone exactly what the plans are for moving some of the headquarters functions to Chicago so that people will know and can plan ahead. Otherwise, you look like you are lying (lying by omission even when directly confronted), and people will later say "we knew it all along".

Pros

Industry leading, internationally growing company, which provides opportunities for those who seek them. Great company to gain experience in the medical device industry. Decent compensation plan including significant YE bonus. Stable employer for high performing folks - most employeers are long term (15+yrs)

Cons

Hill-Rom continues to be perceived negatively by many long-term employees who are slow to accept that we are a public, not a private company. Senior management presents an ever-changing environment.

Advice to Senior Management

Visit the facilities, and understand what is really happening before making drastic changes.

Pros

Decisions could be driven from bottom up if you have air support.

Cons

Constant leadership changes, unclear company's direction, continuous struggle between Batesville locals and outsiders.

Advice to Senior Management

Company's directions always get hijacked by the locals. Need to get the company out of this downward spiral. 80% of company's energy and resources are consumed by internal politics. Need to cut out the bullshits and get back with competitions.

Pros

Compared to factories, this is a great job.

Cons

No home time. They want your entire life to revolve around the company.

Advice to Senior Management

More pay increases and more time off.

Pros

Benefits are good, people treated fairly

Cons

They are at a point where they need an upper management change.

Advice to Senior Management

Try to keep your operations here in the United States. Good workers at the Batesville Site.

Pros

It's a job for a few years, don't expect much

Cons

Management changes every few months

Advice to Senior Management

Learn to love USA and not Sinapore