Methode Electronics Reviews

Pros

Competitive Salary, Weekly Pay (for everyone), Comprehensive Benefits Package, Great IT Support, Accessible Leadership, good format for addressing employee relations concerns.

Cons

Dress code (maintaining a business dresscode is not realistic for most employees), no clear guidelines on performance management, bonus strutcure could be more defined for all levels. It would be nice to have some morale boosting activities more than once or twice per year.

Advice to Senior Management

Ask all employees for their feedback. Make efforts to effectively promote and train managers to be successful. Don't look at the lower levels as the "problem" when issues are raised.

Pros

overall good experience working at methode.

Cons

poor communication from management to teams

Advice to Senior Management

Should provide more feed back to employees

Pros

After being acquired by Methode, this division has to a large degree been able to maintain a "small company" atmosphere. Mostly good people to work with, relaxed environment, and schedule flexibility.

Cons

Senior level management does not request or incorporate valuable input from lower levels into their decision making. Employees are treated like expendable resources. Poor staffing planning - always too little too late. Micromanagement at the CEO level. Resumes for divisional staff require CEO approval before being considered for interview. Potential suppliers must be approved by CEO prior to being added to the supply base. HR support is minimal - one person covers several divisions.

Advice to Senior Management

Start listening to your employees. Not every decision can be based solely on cost and revenue.

Pros

Chances of abroad trips are more ,
Less politics ,

Cons

Less inspiring .
Not really challenging ,

Pros

A company with great potential in some key markets

Cons

Extremely poor communication from top down. Focus on short term numbers, reckless cost cutting and resource shortfalls to get there. Some very weak players in the management team supported by strong suboordinates that get the job done, but for how much longer?

Advice to Senior Management

Start listening for the truth not what people think you want to hear, or dare not tell you.

Pros

To be part of a company who is entering into an arena of new, cutting edge technology.

Cons

Restructurization of it's North American automotive business units prevent long-term employment and new job opportunities or growth.

Advice to Senior Management

I do not have any advice or feedback for the leadership at Methode Electronics.

Pros

People are great. Small company environment allows close proximity to top management. Very good products for the future.

Cons

Very decentrilized company. Difficult to understand the org chart. Zero management communication. Direction not clear.

Advice to Senior Management

Provide company direction to your employees then lead them there.

Pros

Good Benefits, good work and private life balance, tuition reimbursement

Cons

Little promotion opportunities/ career advancement

Advice to Senior Management

Give employees more responsibilities

Pros

They have a fairly good benefits package. They have good insurance. They do pay full time employees a little better than average for this area.

Cons

Other than the plant closing, disorginization, no communication, sending most jobs to Mexico or China, it's a great place to have worked. Even before announcement of closing, we struggled to have enough parts to meet the orders.
They have hired a firm to help us prepare for losing our jobs, but they have only been there for 2 or 3 days.
It's really sad to watch our jobs and machines being loaded up on a truck to be shipped off to a competitors factory or to one of the facilities in China or Mexico. There are also a few positions left at the Carthage, IL facility. But we all wonder how long they will be there.

Advice to Senior Management

Keep our jobs here. You own Methode, not the car companies. Stand up to them.