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Pitney Bowes
2.7 of 5 261 reviews
www.pb.com Stamford, CT 5000+ Employees

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Updated Jun 15, 2013
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2.7 261 reviews

                             

75% Approve of the CEO

Pitney Bowes CEO Marc Lautenbach

Marc Lautenbach

(16 ratings)

32% of employees recommend this company to a friend
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Slow internship with minimal work but good enviornment

Electrical Engineering Co-Op (Former Employee)
Shelton, CT

I worked at Pitney Bowes as an intern for less than a year

ProsFriendly environment, small teams that cared about each other, non cut throat and good work life balance as they will not be forcing you to work more than 40 hours a week unless it is absolutely necessary.

ConsEngineering department is slowing down, less and less work for engineers to do, very few opportunities for young engineers with the lay offs also creating a nervous environment as who is going to be next.

Advice to Senior ManagementFind a way to attract young engineers and figure out how to get work for the ones there, as currently it is slow and the engineers are a bit discouraged about what they are going to be doing.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend – I'm not optimistic about the outlook for this company

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Quality Control/Scan Operator (Current Employee)
Brisbane, CA

I have been working at Pitney Bowes part-time for more than a year

ProsGood company to work for.

ConsSalary is non negotiable and very tight on increases.

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Once a Great Company

Manager (Former Employee)

I worked at Pitney Bowes full-time for more than 10 years

ProsUsed to be a very good place to work. The culture was inclusive and fun. The packages were good for those who had put time in. The people I worked with were stellar in person and performance.

ConsCompany in transition. Many layoffs (packages) of solid performers.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend – I'm not optimistic about the outlook for this company

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Organization in flux. Unfortunate downturn for great company.

Area Operations Manager (Current Employee)
Washington, DC

I have been working at Pitney Bowes full-time for more than 10 years

ProsGreat opportunity to hone management and leadership skill if motivated.

ConsPoor leadership at regional and local levels. Customers fleeing as a result. Late in the game to change and rebrand, which is unfortunate for such a great and proud organization.

Advice to Senior ManagementListen to customers, frontline employees, be more agile in marketplace.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend – I'm not optimistic about the outlook for this company

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Awesome company to work for

Anonymous Employee (Current Employee)

I have been working at Pitney Bowes

ProsGreat benefits, leadership, opportunity for growth and to move within center

ConsHard to move up because so many people enjoy working at PB. Relocation is tough too.

Advice to Senior ManagementHelp your employees reach their career goals. If they have talent that can be used, even though they are on the other side of the country, take advantage of it and utilize the technology you have.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

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Pitney Bowes is a good company to work for. However, benefits have been decreasing every year.

Manager (Current Employee)

I have been working at Pitney Bowes full-time for more than 10 years

ProsAgile work available. Flexible hours

ConsBenefits decreasing and Salary freeze.

Advice to Senior Managementreview benefit costs and salary freeze

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

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Industry Decline

Anonymous Employee (Current Employee)

I have been working at Pitney Bowes full-time for more than 8 years

ProsNiche industry who used to focus on their employees and have slipped into focus on just revenue.

ConsMultiple sales channels fighting for the same customer.

Advice to Senior ManagementTake care of your employees and stop having multiple sales channels fighting for the customer. Work together!!

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm not optimistic about the outlook for this company

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Outstanding Company to Work For

Sales Manager (Former Employee)
Alameda, CA

I worked at Pitney Bowes full-time for more than a year

ProsExcellent, Fair Culture, Sharp Employees Strong Technology Excellent Training

ConsA bit of Micro-Management, Compensation not Breath Taking But Decent

Advice to Senior ManagementLighten up, The world is full of Sharp People

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

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Awesome, simple, yet satisfying.

Anonymous Employee (Current Employee)

I have been working at Pitney Bowes full-time for less than a year

ProsSimple job. Copying and taking care of the background work of law offices. Great people to work for and with.

ConsSometimes the people who request work, don't know what they want or how to tell you. Gotta be able to work with that.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

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A long ways from their glory days

Development Manager (Current Employee)
Shelton, CT

I have been working at Pitney Bowes full-time for more than 10 years

ProsThey pay relatively high salaries. Most jobs have very flexible self-regulated schedules. A lot of jobs (growing all the time) are work from home.

ConsThe products and services are market leaders in a dying industry. The only way the ever even come close to analysts numbers is by continuously laying off personnel. The work place is toxic, there used to be (for the past 8 years or so) an annual lay-off right between Thanksgiving and Christmas (nice timing huh, very thoughtful), but now the lay-offs are what seems to be every week from a different group or department so no one ever knows when they go into work on a given day if it will it be their last. The amount of work for each individual is enormous because the survivors have to pick up the load. They constantly bring in people from the outside as management, they don't promote from within very often, and the new management seem to be getting worse and worse. They finally got rid of Murray Martin who basically drove the company into the ground with no repercussions whatsoever.

Advice to Senior ManagementC-Level personnel should look to clean house of VP and above who have been at PB for more than say 20 years instead of laying off all the workers that have all the domain knowledge. Get rid of the layers and layers of management. As a manager I have 11 people under me. Yet there are many groups in WHQ who have a manager (with no direct reports) reporting to a Director, who reports to a Senior Director who reports to a VP and that is the VP's entire organization, himself and three or four other higher management positions. But you keep laying off the workers. Really? And stop outsourcing all our jobs because you are losing the local domain knowledge and letting things like control of your data, of all things, be controlled by someone else.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend – I'm not optimistic about the outlook for this company

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