Pitney Bowes Reviews

Current Employee – been working at Pitney Bowes full-time for more than 10 years

Pros – Strong history
Some people really trying
Good ethics
Good values
Great work life balance because no urgency
Not very poitical
Fun people to work with

Cons – The headquarters is desolate
Questionable future
Low energy
Tired
What is the Board thinking??

Advice to Senior Management – We need new life

Current Employee – been working at Pitney Bowes

Pros – Good people to work with in the local environment

Cons – Connection between corporate and the field is substandard.
Leadership is below par. If you ask anyone in the field (from rep to DD), no one has a clear sense of corporate objectives. Makes it a very unhealthy working environment

Advice to Senior Management – Be transparent about the direction of the company. Major disconnect between corporate and the field. Corporate has a hidden agenda on the direction of the company. Moral is low with the field employees

Former Employee – worked at Pitney Bowes

Pros – Great customer base, not just cold calling. Good training program for entry level sales. Great brand recognition, awesome products.

Cons – Cost cutting going on with Strategic Initiatives. they are bleeding industry knowledge with cutbacks.
PB needs a real top down leader to survive industry challenges

Advice to Senior Management – Too many yes people at the top afraid of listening to their customers and employees.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at Pitney Bowes

Pros – The people you work with

Cons – Unfocussed and lagging behind recent technology.

Former Employee – worked at Pitney Bowes

Pros – It gives you some flexibility on the schedule

Cons – Company is downsizing so that is no room for grow, and the market is really hard for the kind of product they promote now.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at Pitney Bowes

Pros – competiveness, gossip, and only if you know someone will you advance.

Cons – lack of support, and lack of communications

Advice to Senior Management – work as an associate at least 4 wks out of the year.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at Pitney Bowes

Pros – Fun people to work with
great cafeteria

Cons – training- very stressful, the worst I've had.
the way the companies sales force gets other companies to sign leases is very sneaky and misleading
the company doesn't care about the little guy

Advice to Senior Management – do a better job in training, care about the customer, even the little guy. Be honest in what you sell.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at Pitney Bowes

Pros – Flexible work schedule with ability to sometimes telecommute and work desired hours. Friendly work atmosphere (people get along and help each other whenever appropriate).

Cons – People are all expected to do the same amount/quality of work, but are paid significantly differently. Promotions are pretty much non-existent and the rating system is done on a curve so ratings/raises are not fairly given out. Managers are afraid to give a top rating to one employee as that would result in having to give a bad rating to another.

Advice to Senior Management – Employees should be rated fairly (not given an average rating in order based on a curve) and paid according to the work they are doing. People doing basically the same job should be paid similarly.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at Pitney Bowes

Pros – Peers, interesting work, and good working conditions.

Cons – No Growth Opportunities because of cuts and off shoreing.

Advice to Senior Management – Develop and implement a growth strategy that delivers revenue growth.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at Pitney Bowes

Pros – Generally good work-life balance, flexible working aranagments are encouraged by most managers. Overall, good people work here and you can make a difference.

Cons – The company is trying to transition itself from declining markets (e.g., first class mail) to a software and services firm. However its approach to downsizing, and lack luster results, has create low employee morale.

Advice to Senior Management – Get real. Be honest about the growth prospects, your plans to make investments and the hurdles PB faces. Treat employees with integrity.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend