TE Connectivity Reviews

Pros

The Wilsonville manufacturing site is full of technical challenges to solve - a high mix of process, mechanical and electrical engineering all in one place. The potential to be a great place to work is obvious. The production workers are hardworking and dedicated to quality.

Cons

The management regime is shockingly oppressive, leaving people bewildered and confused by it's demands to meet unrealistic targets. Unachievable personal goals are mandated at the beginning of the year, and people are told "don't be a victim" when they rightly point out they've been set up to fail.

Advice to Senior Management

Take a close look at the devastating impact you're having on people's lives, managing the way you are. Your workforce at least deserves to be treated with respect and compassion.

Pros

The company pays well for talent.

Cons

Lack of information sharing within the company.

Pros

Good benefits. Good name in the industry.

Cons

Not a leading edge player. Average employee's have been in place 20+ years.

Pros

CEO and several senior managers are very personable and honest with the direction and performance of the company. Benefits and salaries are very competitive and senior management has done a good job in guiding the company through some rough economic times.

Cons

Too much manufacturing is going overseas, especially China and a lot of hard working people have been layed off. Also, the company has organized it's business unit structure too many times in the last 2-3 yearss

Pros

Co-worker were a great team
Site was well maintained
Good working conditions
Good benefits

Cons

Upper management made decisions based on emotion rather than fact.

Advice to Senior Management

Cheaper is not always better.

Pros

ADC was a decent company and only worked for TE 10 months. TE seems to be an innovative company with a broad portfolio of products. 401k matching is good, average heath benefits. Not there long enough to know much about working for TE.

Cons

Company is too large (nearly 100k employees). You are just a number and expendable. Management and divisions are spread throughout the world so there is no sense of team, but as long as the bottom line is good then management is happy (but they might lay you off anyway).

Advice to Senior Management

Create a sense of team, offer some perks and treat everyone with respect.

Pros

Great support network and highly skilled workers. Compenesation very fair when all factors are considered.

Cons

Cost competiveness due to overhead.

Advice to Senior Management

Keep up the good work. Still need to work on employee opportunities to move between divisions.

Pros

Great co-workers
Great area to work

Cons

wow, where does on start
scary work environment
horrible leadership
out moded, out dated and out of touch
our customers and their spys are listened to more then the employees
strategy changes quarterly
constant layoffs monthly
re-orgs quarterly

Advice to Senior Management

Clean house of management, support basic workers, get with the times, be an industry leader

Pros

Good overall global revenue balance between regions, product lines are typically top 1~3 share in their respective markets. Can gain good experience in global business.

Cons

Initiative overload. Top management dreams up more initiatives, business unit management signs up their group for all of them. Each individual initiative probably has merit on its own but stacked togther becomes a bloated mess. Everyone has become consumed with "checking off boxes". Is the focus shifting inward rather than outward (customer facing)?

Advice to Senior Management

If you continue to hire more of your old buddies from Motorola we might have to change the name....again. TE Connectorola?

Pros

Technology Based Company, good experience for recent college engineering graduates, pay and benefits are above average. Central PA demographics are good when it comes to quality of life.

Cons

Leadership with a clear plan for the future is severely lacking.
The companies "lean" initiatives are not focused on the real important issues and cost drivers in their business.

Advice to Senior Management

The CIS organization has too many "Silos" that are being run as if they are mutually independent of one another. Lean Ininitiatives, Inventory Management, Quality, Six Sigma, War on Materials the list goes on and on. The company lacks Team Based Problem solving on the important issues at the mid to upper mamagement levels on these key initiatives. The company's strategy map points to it's people as a source of strength and ideas, but tactical plans are constantly tweaked to meet targets for bonus rewards. Thus long term growth and development of the business fluctuates widely quarter to quarter.