Pentair Reviews

Pros

Good experience for an intern. Was allowed to experience product engineering department and get a feel for if I liked it.

Cons

Could have been more engineering related. Boss was kind of full of himself but that could be an isolated incident

Advice to Senior Management

Make dialogue more open between lower levels and upper levels. Communicate decisions more with engineers. Give engineers more input in decision making.

Pros

Interesting products, and brands are well known. The locations are spread out across the region and offer lateral movement within the organization.

Cons

Unrealistic expectations of product development to production. Need for FMEA process to avoid rush to production, which only creates waste.

Advice to Senior Management

You need to stop letting customers run your business. Of course the customer is king, but transparency should not mean the customer taking over.

Pros

Global company, good brands, good people

Cons

Little to no training available, little budget money for any extras like travel, office supplies, advertising, etc.

Advice to Senior Management

CEO Randy Hogan needs to look closer at the management of each facility to make sure they are actually following his philosophies. He believes in marketing, branding, advertising but each facility is not focused on those areas. Finance runs the show and does not promote the brands.

Pros

None, I do not believe there are any Pros.

Cons

Beware of this company. They will tell you that you are great to your face and behind your back they will backstab you and sell you out to save their own job. How can you treat your employees that way. It is no wonder no one trusts in this company. The GM will do and say anything to save his own behind. Eventually, things will catch up and people will realize what a joke this division is. I would not recommend this company to anyone. If you want to die or a heart attack and have no family time this is the company for you. I can't see this division staying around to long unless there are BIG changes.

Advice to Senior Management

Fire yourselves and start over.

Pros

Smart people
Good products
Ability to drive change and make improvements
Interesting project work
Performance driven culture
Good pay and benefits

Cons

Minimal recognition given
Company seemed to be going through an identity crisis: Are we a (decentralized) holding company or a (centralized) operating company?
Lots of process inefficiencies and waste
Leadership could be short-sighted at times.

Advice to Senior Management

Think bigger picture. Invest in long-term solutions that yield strong ROI over time, rather than favoring short-term band-aid fixes that have a more immediate impact on bottom line, but aren't fixing the root cause.

Pros

climate controlled day time job great for going to school for better employment elswhere.
relaxed atmosphere,
best dead end job i have ever had.

Cons

mangement comunication needs complete overhaul
room for advancement ...not there.
micromanagement bordering on obbsesive.
corporate braggs of making 38 million last year at conroe location but yet we the machine only warrent a two percent raise.!!!

Advice to Senior Management

continue marketing stratagies but allow for greater raises for the machine that keeps you going.
try to find ways to make better moral for workers.

Pros

- Culture of trust
- Friendly work environment
- Interesting industry
- Willingness to take risks for growth

Cons

- Not an innovative company
- Low tech bit player in emerging water technology space
- Slow follower of technology

Advice to Senior Management

Pentair is about 10% progressive technologies; 90% rust & sludge components. Attracting talent requires some level of market leadership - cost, technology, etc. Cost is likely out do to emerging market player's ability to reverse engineer products quickly. The company needs to pick an alternate path, or at least hedge, in order to hit growth targets.

Pros

The company is keeping grow and makes profit
The working facility is good.

Cons

The management is not good. Don't set the goal right, shy away from responsibility, blame on the people who really tried to make it work.

Advice to Senior Management

Try to be a human man.

Pros

Great location to raise a family

Cons

Toxic environment over the past two years

Pros

Good pay and benefits. Many locations and opportunities for advancement. Good corporate support from a manufacturing perspective. Solid financial positions.

Cons

No issues that you would not experience anywhere else. Market planning is weak and forecasting production volumes can be a challenge.

Advice to Senior Management

Keep up the good work. Focus on profit margins and market forecast. Stabalize a culture and environment that does not change with leadership.