Pitney Bowes Reviews

Pros

Work life balance is great, benefits are above average

Cons

Large company trying to reinvent itself during a very tough environment. Not many real plans for developing talent internally. Still quite siloed in structure.

Advice to Senior Management

Pitney bowes should be focused on innovations, that's where the roots of the company are, innovation

Pros

Opportunities to learn about business
Some good colleagues, professional people who take jobs seriously
working with variety of product lines and businesses
Marketing work is interesting

Cons

Poor compensation, not competitive in many ways
Promotions sometimes go to people with longevity instead of merit
Business with USPS slowing

Advice to Senior Management

Take a harder line with people not cooperating with transformation
Get company cooperating globally
Stop outsourcing & off shoring....bigger companies are ahead of you realizing that the US has outsourced too much

Pros

Great training opportunity
Solid skills and training for new recruits
Management involved in setting up appointments for potential clients/cold calls

Cons

Known for postage machines not copiers
Not a leader in industry in all products which they sell
Pitney Bowes is technologically challenged

Advice to Senior Management

Management needs to update technology support
Not current with sales opportunities
Completely unaware the men golfed every day instead of sales calls

Pros

Good work-life balance, make your own schedule

Cons

Management comes out of a cracker jacks box. No clue how to run a company. No support or proper recognition. No products to sell in this economy. No one needs a mailing machine these days.

Advice to Senior Management

Hire the right people for the job.

Pros

family oriented environment, potlucks, rewards ok, and drama free.

Cons

not so good pay increases...could be better

Advice to Senior Management

increase incentives and pay for employees

Pros

office location close to home

Cons

sales representative positions are low paid

Advice to Senior Management

increase commission

Pros

Good benefits - health, paid vacation, profit sharing, potential for yearly department bonuses, etc. Some departments have opportunities for commissions. Most of the people you work with (not necessarily for) are good people and willing to share their expertise.

Cons

It is a call-center environment and sometimes can be very impersonal. A number of supervisors with years of experience and expertise with PB have recently been "laid off" or accepted early retirement incentives, and combining workloads for those remaining. That obviously affects how supervisors can relate to their subordinates. Beginning wages are not enough to support a family. Training for additional job responsibilities or a change of departments is sadly lacking the details needed to perform the tasks.

Advice to Senior Management

If you want to attract responsible employees who will be loyal to the company, you need to offer better beginning salaries and better initial training and follow-up training for the positions.

Pros

Experience, customers, support, benefits, some good people

Cons

Dying Market, Micromanagement, Lack of technical support, all customers are unhappy

Advice to Senior Management

Management folks are sellouts.

Pros

Job, income (poor pay though)

Cons

See Headline, nothing else to say

Advice to Senior Management

Work to correct things listed in Headline

Pros

One of the best sales training programs within the industry. Very knowlegable senior technical team. Diverse b2b product/solutions line. Good organizational tools and infastructure.

Cons

Main line of business in mailing machine equipment; meters, folders, inserters is in a rapidly steady decline. Company is having identity issues in the new emerging economy. A track record has not been established with new produclt lines like; imaging and workflow (document management) etc. Business owners are finding it hard to put their faith in a mailing company for more advanced turnkey solutions in regard to sophisticated software integration and technology.