Rockwell Automation Reviews

Pros

RA provides good professional development with interesting and challenging work opportunities. RA provides good compensation and treats employees fairly.

Cons

There is a fair amount of red tape. While RA boasts the ability to move around within the company, employees are typically too overloaded to learn skills to move withing the company.

Pros

Great employees in the company. Good opportunities to have challenging roles and projects. Good leadership team. World class products. Excellent reputation.

Cons

The average work force age is older. The mentorship program is under utilized. Fewer opportunities to have leadership roles in the company.

Advice to Senior Management

The mentorship program is under utilized. Fewer opportunities to have leadership roles in the company. Overall it is a great company.

Pros

Interesting projects.
Opportunities for professional development.
Flexible work environment.
They try to retain employees (most people I've worked with have been there a long time).

Cons

Your salary and raises seem to be somewhat fixed. There does not seem to be opportunities for large salary increases.

Pros

Good for new college graduate or new career employee. You can become "one of them" . They treat customers well.

Cons

Growth is strangled by entrenched "good old boy" Rockwell culture. Bosses tend to gain their positions by seniority, not by competence. If you do leave Rockwell, expect to be treated as a traitor, even by HR, who neglect their professional code. Pre-2010 employees have pensions but new employees don't get pensions and benefits as older employees.

Advice to Senior Management

Look outside your culture to see how professional growth organizations manage excellence and appreciate their talented employees.

Pros

1. Scope for learning.
2. Fairly unstructured management structure.
3. You can work indipendently.

Cons

1. Relationship based company. Your career growth depends more on who you know that your accomplishments.
2. Recognition of work is not based on actual work, but more on perceptions.
3. No career growth plan for individuals. You have to kind of make your own plans.
4. Too frequent mid management moves.

Advice to Senior Management

Rockwell needs to aggresively promote people based on actual performance, than more on relationships. We need to bring some real experience and process into our operations.

Pros

You will learn how a big public company works. Most lower level employees are very competent and helpful.

Cons

Operates as a big company so hard to navigate unless you have management on your side.

Pros

Lots of overtime.
It's an Ok place to work.
Clean workplace area.
Lots of employees been there more than 10 yrs

Cons

Management is uptight and bureaucracy is a killing for people who would like to shine and support the company success.

Advice to Senior Management

Management needs to recognize other talents within the organization. Do not promote someone because you know who and who you are hang out with

Pros

Offers good benefits
Decent salary compared to other workplaces.
Provides fair income if you have another job like most employees.

Cons

Poor management
No employee interaction
Nothing about well being of employees
No opportunity for advancement
Most of the office employees have no formal training

Advice to Senior Management

Improve you supervisor support
Hire more competent employees
Increase the AEIP for hard working associates
Develop a new compensation program for employees rather than Executives

Pros

Well structured environment with some very bright folks to work with. Compensation is competitive and work conditions are fair. Not a bad place to work.

Cons

Can get a little political but then again what work place isn't. Profit sharing could be better. Need to get time to market for. Product better.

Advice to Senior Management

Stock options at the Engineering level and higher would promote better performance and keep employees from jumping to competitors at a high rate.

Pros

Easy not to get fired if you know the right people
Good party atmosphere
Respected in Milwakee
Good product range
Limited competition for local jobs

Cons

Very political
Borders on unethical
Senior Management are not competent and social behaviors are appalling
No respect for the individual
You never know where you stand

Advice to Senior Management

Clear out the eigth floor and listen to your employees