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Outsiders: Keep Out! - Anonymous employee Rockwell Automation Employee Review

2.0
Aug 1, 2017
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Work / Life balance was good. You don't need to be in the office 10 hours a day. In most jobs, if you have something going on at home (ex. a repairman coming), you can work remotely for a bit.

Cons

There is no use for outsiders. Most jobs that you see posted will be filled by inside people - in most cases that means people from the "Leadership Development Program" who tend to shuffle around every few years to check another box on their resume. It is VERY difficult for an outsider (or even a former employee) to break into this environment. Even if they do, they will be stuck in that role while people who have had every project handed to them on a silver platter to make sure they didn't fail, go flying right by.

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5.0
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Clean and comfortable work environment Most team members take pride in their work Fair Training Matrix for Employee development/rating

Cons

Safe and Productive work environment isn't a high priority for all managers

4.0
Apr 21, 2026
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Pros

Solid compensation: Good benefits, mid-range bonuses (when available), pension & mid-range RRSP matching. Decent vacation but it doesn't increase until you're there 15 or 20 years. Smart people: Working with long-standing teams of software developers and the controller engineers is great. Sophisticated and complex challenges regularly. Implementing AI: They're being very considered about how they implement it & doing it at a measured (not slow and not slam-it-in) pace.

Cons

Process: It's highly, highly process-driven. The layers can feel burdensome. Bottom line: They're chasing it with work being moved from North America and Europe to Asia and South America. There's definitely an old boys club and lots of references generalizating and comparing generations. Environmental policy contradictions: They say they want to be environmentally friendly, but have imposed RTO & are only hiring within commuting range of offices.

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