Could benefit from leadership accountability and cultural change - Marketing Eaton Employee Review

3.0
Nov 29, 2024
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

A lot of great people for sure and good pay if you fight for it. Overall, your typical corporate space.

Cons

- **Culture:** The company culture often reflected a "boys' club" mentality, particularly within the trade show environment. These events, while intended to drive business opportunities, often resulted in excessive spending with minimal ROI. Instead, they were frequently used as opportunities for personal indulgence, particularly with alcohol, rather than fostering professional development. - **Layoff and Severance:** My layoff, which stemmed from corporate restructuring, could have been avoided had leadership taken a closer look at meaningful cost-saving measures. The severance package was minimal—$3,500 without a non-compete agreement or $9,000 with one—and was significantly reduced by taxation, leaving it inadequate for employees with less than five years of tenure. - **Compensation Practices:** Compensation was highly unfair, with minimal raises (as low as 1%) often tied to managerial favoritism rather than performance. Pay transparency within my team allowed us to address discrepancies directly with HR, which was necessary as our manager failed to advocate for fair pay and focused more on appearances than team support. - **Management Issues:** Tenured managers often displayed a sense of invulnerability, resisted constructive feedback (especially from women), and lacked accountability. This created a non-collaborative team dynamic where managers took credit for their teams' work without advocating for proper recognition or compensation.

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5.0
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Pros

Great culture. People always willing to teach and help.

Cons

Huge size. Easy to become a cog in a machine

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Eaton Response
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Thank you for your feedback! We’re glad to hear you enjoy our great culture and the supportive environment where people are always willing to teach and help. We appreciate your perspective and remain committed to fostering collaboration and connection across our large organization.
2.0
May 15, 2026
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Pros

whelp, their hiring. So if you're looking for an entry level position, they've got them open

Cons

Where do I start? If your goal is to make a tangible impact, change things for the better, or grow a modern career, look elsewhere. Stifling Red Tape: The company is drowning in administrative bloat and ancient, worn-out processes. It is nearly impossible to implement meaningful improvements because every minor change is strangled by bureaucracy. The organization simply lacks the capability to scale effectively. (They still haven't fully implemented Bussman, who they acquired more than a decade ago) Short-Sighted Leadership: Upper management is entirely hyper-focused on hitting short-term quarterly metrics at all costs, completely sacrificing long-term strategy and sustainable operational health. Subpar Compensation & Benefits: The base salary is hardly competitive with the current market. The benefits package is remarkably weak—health insurance options are disappointing, and you start with a meager two weeks of vacation. Zero Performance Incentive: There is no financial upside for regular engineers. Bonus potential is completely locked away until you reach a "manager of managers" level, leaving the actual individual contributors with no skin in the game. If you are a paper-pusher who thrives in a rigid, stagnant environment, you will love it here. If you want to build the future, go somewhere else.

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Eaton Response
1w
Thank you for sharing your perspective. We’re sorry to hear about your concerns around bureaucracy, compensation, and incentives. Your feedback is important, and we encourage you to share more with your local HR team so we can continue improving.
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