Pros

Like minded co-workers who understand and act according to the concept that helping the customer is number one. Stable and fair company with a great benefit package...they still pay pensions. In our particular department the people are all really close and enjoy coming to work despite the stressfull nature of the job.

Cons

Since it is such a large company it takes awhile for decisions to be made and actions to be taken and sometimes the people making these decisions are too far removed from the people these decisions will be impacting most, i.e. the customer facing employee and the customer.

Advice to Senior Management

Listen to your customer facing employees more and actively solictic their feedback on how to improve service, technology, etc.

Pros

Recommend working at Honeywell only if you have no other option.

Arizona is a great place to live.

Cons

Non-technical upper management (business trained only) unqualified to properly manage a high-tech company - a widespread disturbing trend of which Honeywell is at the forefront. Environment is such that the best people are leaving and those remaining no longer care about doing a good job. People who once loved their jobs now only complain. Major customers are increasingly dissatisfied. It is so sad to compare the company now to that just ten or 15 years ago. Great managers (whom their people would do anything for) have all been replaced by mindless MBAs. Would state that more strongly but don't want this to be deleted.

Advice to Senior Management

Why are you destroying the company? Don't see how it can be more personally profitable than doing what's best for the company. Don't go to anymore seminars that tell you that you don't need to know anything about what your company makes. Bean counters make terrible leaders - trust your technical people. Realize that all people with somewhat-similar sounding job titles are not interchangeable.

Pros

Good all around company with a great opportunities to grow your career in different directions. Mr. Cote is a great CEO and his fellow senior leaders are always looking to the future and trying to do what is best for the shareholders. The company has sustained growth in good times and in bad over the past 5 years.

Cons

Large companies like every other large company has issues with size and balance. The company is moving more and more towards emerging markets. So given the growth strategy, you have to always learn new skills to keep yourself employed and on top. If not, your job will be moved to a low cost region and you will be out of work.

Advice to Senior Management

Balance the workforce fairly. India, China, Eastern Europe is not a solid business model with the governments are corrupt and the infrastructure is unstable.

Pros

The company is in various products, you can learn about many products and industries within Honeywell.

Cons

Each department has conflicting metrics (this sometimes counteract productivity).

Advice to Senior Management

Make all the metrics flow throughout the entire organization.

Pros

Highly contemporary in their functional areas (IT, Finance, HR, Sales / Marketing), excellent benefits, ability to work internationally, fast pace for role transition, wide scope, span and complexity of roles within each organization. The organization as a whole is very process driven, thrives on process improvement, Six Sigma, Lean, and Leadership Development. The range of roles within each function can be interesting and career enhancing. Many roles include dual responsibilities or secondary "specialties" which is also career enhancing.

Cons

Not especially nimble, heavy amount of politics, a lot of "churn and burn", expected to give 125% all the time, 24 / 7

Advice to Senior Management

Less internal focus, more outward focus

Pros

Honeywell is a technology driven company so the best thing about working for them is that you get to work with cutting edge stuff.

Cons

The Canadian arm of Honeywell is not mandated with the same focus as the American parent company, hence the direction and managment style is far different. There is a lack of regard for the employee and their well being. You get the impression that all that is important is the generation of revenue above personal job satisfaction.

The management staff are the definition of hypocracy. They say what they think they have to say to make you think they have your best interests at heart but they do not. I believe it is not a reflection of the company itself but more a reflection of the people.

Advice to Senior Management

Listen to your staff. REALLY LISTEN...

Pros

Large company, variety of career opportunities. Depending on the business unit, there can be a range of relocation options available. Also, Honeywell generally values training and development. The culture is fairly relaxed and dress code is business casual in most areas. People are friendly and usually helpful.

Cons

Sometimes slow moving, not the most dynamic industries. There is a wide range of cultures between the divisions. Some have morale issues, especially areas with large numbers of jobs being cut or moved overseas. The compensation/benefits are in line with what's available at similarly sized companies. Acquisitions can sometimes be a big headache.

Advice to Senior Management

The culture is somewhat old school. Recruit a younger workforce.

Pros

There are lots of opportunity for growth in other fields

Cons

being such a big company sometime you feel you are lost in the shuffle.

Advice to Senior Management

be proactive about letting your staff know they are doing a good job.

Pros

Good Benefits and interesting work. You can make time for golf in the afternoon. Working people are nice and honest but if they hace an office with walls they can not be trusted.

Cons

Honeywell will work you until all your energy is gone, pump you for information and outsource your job. They will have you train your foreign replacement before they lay you off. The company has tremendous knowledge that is constrained by overhead rules. These rules like sending you a reporting on indirect spending and telling you to review the report to waste more time is classic. If you find a problem with it and report it, it costs you more.

Advice to Senior Management

Realize that several recent program issues such as 787 Flight Controls were made significantly worse by cutting budgets. The management rotation allows for one VP to trash an area and move on before the results are known.

Pros

Stable company with good benefits
Still US-focused but global reach so opportunities are many
Fortune 50 experience that holds weight in job market
Multiple divisions offer chance to try new business, new locations
Employees are generally team oriented and down to earth

Cons

In Aerospace & defense, projects can be very long cycle and so takes time to see results.
Aging crowd - needs to ensure younger bunch absorbs the knowledge.
Matrixed org - can take forever to make decisions
Very cost focused - most facilities dated

Advice to Senior Management

Take some risk & ensure actions pass common sense test