Tenneco Reviews

Pros

Bright future in emission control business

Cons

Less opportunities compared with bigger companies

Pros

No better jobs available in this economy, decent wages for maintenace and team leaders..Union offers a tiny bit of protection from favortism.

Cons

Too Many management pets, and pet projects wasting money on inappropriate things like 5-S and Kaizon junk, but won't spend enough to properly get a quality product to the customer. HR has a personal vendetta against virtually all former Delphi people that were bought as part of the package when buying the plant.. Worst part of that issue is that it;s the former Delphi Salaried that hold the grudge, not the Tenneco management team from above. With One exception the upper Management (not from this plant) Seem to be honest including the CEO..

Advice to Senior Management

Get rid of excess padded management levels at the plant, use the money to hire enough Maintenance people to fix the equipment properly.. YOUR own MISSION statement states CUSTOMER is first and SHAREHOLDERS..not wasting company funds on personal vendettas on people just because we belong to a Union. EFFICIENCY would be 90% instead of 65% if you had properly trained Skilled tades doing the jobs instead of operators and supervisors who aren't qualified to flip burgers at McDonalds, much less fix complicated equipment.

Pros

Flexible hours and that is about it

Cons

Promotions are limited - always a dangling carrot.

Advice to Senior Management

Stop the practice of offering raises and counter-offers when someone resigns. Cherish your employees while you still have them, not when they walk out the door.

Pros

Atmosphere.They do not encourage bad mouthing of other employees which helps with employee encouragement to advance in social and healthy environment.

Cons

3rd shift.But 3rd shift anywhere.The only thing worse would be 2nd shift.

Advice to Senior Management

Keep up the good work.

Pros

have been with the company a long time. Great co-workers, the team leaders are great & works with the employees.

Cons

need better pay for the workers that has been there longer than others. Moral needs to be better. HR & management needs to be out on the floor more to see what the employees actually do. Needs to be cooler in summer time (pretty bad when it feels better outside than it does inside the plant)

Advice to Senior Management

work on the things I stated in the Cons of working at Tenneco. Better pay for the employees that has worked there the longest. Find a way to cool the plant down in the summer

Pros

Good pay for the location. Great medical and dental benefits. Once hired on great attendance policy. HR does back their open door policy.

Cons

Favoritism among family members seems to be awful high. Discipline is not handed out fairly. Communication between management and workers is extremely lacking (especially on the off shifts). Too many in management trying to make all the rules with no concept how the processes actually work.

Pros

The pay is good , benefits are good for this area..A lot of good people work there,but is gets old being treated badly by upper management

Cons

upper management.....rules are inconsistant , they change without notice.

Advice to Senior Management

consider the peoples views and concerns , they are the ones that actually make you the money

Pros

Tenneco is a growing company who has great growth and even in a bad company keeps growing. The benifts are good with retirement and a 401k match which most companies have done away with they continue to match. Good chances to advance and if you come to work every day they treat you well.

Cons

Some times long hours with no notice to make plans is a downfall for working with tenneco. Sometimes it is not to be avoided as the customers tend to be difficult to deal with.

Advice to Senior Management

Keep up the good work with the communication with the employees. It goes a long way. You treat them with respect and they will work had and do the right things to keep the company successful.

Pros

Above average compensation, benefits and perks. Tenneco is viewed as leader in automotive industry. Global footprint is one of this companies strengths.

Cons

Senior management team is "full of themselves". If you aren't part of the "click", forget about any career advancement. Being a "Yes Men" is the key to getting ahead in this company. Hasn't always been this way............started back whends Frissora was CEO and Sherrill continues with this managment style.

Advice to Senior Management

The BOD needs to do a serious house cleaning within the Senior Management team starting with Mr. Sherrill and his staff.

Pros

Good people to work with. Good communication between different teams. If your in the fast track you can move up quickly.

Cons

They are slow as far as promotions, career advancement and are quick to pull back perks. Once a perk is gone it is gone.

Advice to Senior Management

They give some feed back as to the faults in your work but very little in praise for a good job.