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Jeffrey J. Clarke
99 Ratings
Pros
"work life balance is very progressive" (in 41 reviews)
"Flexible working hours good people to work with once you look 2 levels down in the org chart" (in 44 reviews)
Cons
"Poor upper management managed to run a 100" (in 29 reviews)
"Constant downsizing and bad business decisions by senior management" (in 19 reviews)
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"Mgr"
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RecommendsNegative OutlookApproves of CEOI worked at Eastman Kodak full-time (More than 8 years)
Pros
Great people to work with who are open to exchanging ideas
Cons
Downsizing and outsourcing functions out of the USA
Eastman Kodak 2018-12-10 12:16 PST![Eastman Kodak Logo]()
"Foolish Corporate Beuracrats"
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Doesn't RecommendNegative OutlookDisapproves of CEOI have been working at Eastman Kodak full-time (More than a year)
Pros
Unlimited PTO, long company history, large facilities, company events frequent
Cons
Upper Management has no strategy, mid level managers are hit or miss, projects can be assigned last minute, the company is constantly out of money so your pay won't be awesome, not a lot of growth opportunity
Advice to Management
Upper management, listen to your middle managers. You hired them to lead their divisions on purpose. Middle Managers please communicate with other middle managers. Often Upper managers are not looking at projects but just numbers and it leads to hard situations for their workers
Eastman Kodak 2018-12-09 14:57 PST![Eastman Kodak Logo]()
"It’s ok"
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Neutral OutlookNo opinion of CEOI worked at Eastman Kodak full-time (More than 10 years)
Pros
Reasonable work-life balance. The benefits were good. My work there was valued.
Cons
Worried about long-term prospects for career advancement.
Eastman Kodak 2018-10-19 04:26 PDT![Eastman Kodak Logo]()
"Executive Secretary"
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RecommendsPositive OutlookApproves of CEOI worked at Eastman Kodak full-time (More than 10 years)
Pros
Great Benefit and Retirement Package, trained employees thoroughly, flexibility, many opportunities for job growth
Cons
Unstable company, downsizing for exempt and non exempt employees
Advice to Management
Set priorities for all of your employees, exempt and non-exempt
Eastman Kodak 2018-09-25 09:22 PDTHelpful (2)
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"Appears to be heading toward insolvency - again"
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Doesn't RecommendNegative OutlookDisapproves of CEOI worked at Eastman Kodak full-time (More than 10 years)
Pros
Easy work, little to no discipline or structure or leadership from management means you can pretty much do as you please.
Decent compensationCons
- Company outlook is not good right now. Jeff Clarke hasn't done much better than his predecessor with respect to stock performance
- For some reason Kodak seem hell bent on hiring sub par executive talent, recruiting Steven Overman who's last accolade was shutting the lights off at Nokia as that ship sunk
-Clarke has hired a bunch of sub par managers under him with credentials that read more like a graveyard of now defunct companies.
-Idiotic investment and strategic decisions including the launching of a Bitcoin style crypto currency, the relaunch of a super8mm film camera, relaunching long dead film products, taking the kodak brand to tshirts, and launching a service for photographers called KodakIT which no one uses or cares about and continuing to focus on film in Hollywood, and pretending to care that people still care about it.
-Rather than strengthening and focusing on core businesses that generate revenue in the printing divisions and bringing in leaders that understand that business, kodak has attempted to raise money by selling divisions - which it's also failed at. like it's on again off again sales of the Prosper division. Do you have any idea how disruptive it is internally to announce the sale of a division then call it off when you can't secure a buyer
-the next division slated for sale is the Flexo Packaging division, again a big money and profit maker. Kind of feels like the junkie at the pawn broker selling his mom's TVAdvice to Management
The senior leadership team has dogged Kodak for years.
Rather than finding well established and well credentialed leaders - they've stuck with a combination of Rochester leftovers who have been reassigned from one division to the next year after year, and incoming execs who don't understand the core business at allEastman Kodak 2018-10-26 10:12 PDT![Eastman Kodak Logo]()
"field service engineer"
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RecommendsNeutral OutlookNo opinion of CEOI have been working at Eastman Kodak full-time (More than 10 years)
Pros
Positive work environment. Good management. Good vacation time. Nice perks
Cons
Continuing to reduce work force. Service personnel spread pretty slim.
Advice to Management
Continue to support the field
Eastman Kodak 2018-10-01 15:37 PDTHelpful (2)
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"Good People, Good Technology, Failing Business"
StarStarStarStarStarDoesn't RecommendNegative OutlookNo opinion of CEOI have been working at Eastman Kodak full-time (More than 10 years)
Pros
I work with many good people - both technically competent and pleasant to work with. The inkjet technology is unique and should stand to be profitable.
Cons
As film declined Kodak continually shrank and struggled to adapt. It has been unable to make substantial profits and is threatened by heavy debt. Continuous layoffs destroy morale and devalue the company in the eyes of customers. The future is very uncertain.
Eastman Kodak 2018-09-24 04:02 PDT![Eastman Kodak Logo]()
"Try to avoid. Better options out there"
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Doesn't RecommendNegative OutlookDisapproves of CEOI have been working at Eastman Kodak full-time (More than 10 years)
Pros
Interesting technologies. Good people to work with.
Cons
Average Benefits at best; salary stagnant; Business on the decline
Advice to Management
Change in leadership sorely needed. No direction or growth expected. Might be too late.
Eastman Kodak 2018-10-11 15:30 PDTHelpful (1)
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"A once great company is slowly dying . . ."
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Doesn't RecommendNegative OutlookDisapproves of CEOI have been working at Eastman Kodak (More than a year)
Pros
Great co-workers, environment, fun and challenging technology.
Cons
Company is struggling with declining revenues, industries, and stock price.
Advice to Management
Way too much bureaucracy and micro-managing. Let divisions run their own affairs. Cutting and layoffs are not a road to recovery and success.
Eastman Kodak 2018-09-11 04:43 PDTHelpful (1)
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"Field Service Engineer"
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Doesn't RecommendNegative OutlookDisapproves of CEOI have been working at Eastman Kodak full-time
Pros
Kodak has excellent products and support
Cons
Company makes poor business decisions and mismanaged at the upper levels
Eastman Kodak 2018-09-08 06:06 PDT
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