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Updated May 23, 2023
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- "This structure gives upper management the majority of the leverage in decision making processes and allows discretionary authority over all internal policies including technical decisions." (in 13 reviews)
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- Former Employee, more than 1 year★★★★★
Pros
Room for growth and also a great place to learn and grow your skillset. Lots of varying jobs with knowledgeable employees. Not great, but above average benefits.
Cons
The training program needs work so your coworkers are who you will lean on heavily. Management and support are spotty so you will need to document anything that goes wrong so you're not thrown under the bus.
- Former Employee, more than 3 years★★★★★
Manufacturing Tech
May 23, 2023 - Manufacturing Technician in Niles, ILRecommendCEO ApprovalBusiness OutlookPros
Technologies that will interest job seekers in Aerospace and Defiance. Friendly people.
Cons
No training....learn as you go.
- Current Employee, more than 10 years★★★★★
Good place to work
Apr 29, 2023 - Applications Engineer in Fort Collins, CORecommendCEO ApprovalBusiness OutlookPros
Large enough to have opportunities to grow
Cons
They continually try and outsource their application work with disastrous results.
Continue reading - Former Employee, more than 1 year★★★★★
Working for Woodward
Apr 17, 2023 - Mechanical Assembler in Fort Collins, CORecommendCEO ApprovalBusiness OutlookPros
Pay was decent and had opportunity for advancing.
Cons
Working with chemicals that were not always safe
Continue reading - Former Employee★★★★★
Pros
Good work environment everyone was friendly
Cons
Not complex enough, tasks were too easy
- Current Employee★★★★★
Pros
Work environment was positive and enjoyable Benefits
Cons
Seasonal position so not enough hours for the summer
- Current Employee★★★★★
Pros
-nice environment to learn in -friendly people
Cons
star method for all interviews
- Current Employee★★★★★
Pros
Benefits, pay, lots of opportunities for overtime
Cons
Management always seems to be changing
Continue reading - Former Employee, less than 1 year★★★★★
Pay low, cut benefits, see who stays - The 1980's Are Alive and Well
Jul 27, 2022 - Engineer in Fort Collins, CORecommendCEO ApprovalBusiness OutlookPros
Nice people, Colorado is beautiful.
Cons
Pay, vacation, work, and leadership. Pay: The pay for an engineer is low and doesn’t get better with time as all the veteran employees complained about pay. Bonus target is a marketing tactic only. Vacation: They let you “buy back vacation days” read “unpaid time off”. Vacation days do not rollover. They are cutting benefits quickly, people that started 6 months before me had better vacation benefits. Work: The projects were a mix between data entry and copy-paste from the last project. There was not a lot of work to do. No progression or succession plans and 90% of the workforce is 0-7 years from retirement. Leadership: "Woodward announces $800 million stock buyback and won't be able pay your bonuses this year". Sorry, but there are only 7,200 employees and that stock buyback represents over $100,000 per employee - you really can't afford to pay a bonus to the working class employees? Woodward is stuck in the 1980's corporate raider mentality of "cut employee benefits and pay to increase share price which ultimately enriches the CEO, board of directors, and shareholders." Is this the best Woodward's management could come up with on how to invest extra capital?
Continue reading - Current Employee★★★★★
Pros
Plenty of room for growth and development of skills. Good environment for career building while maintaining work-life balance.
Cons
Pay way less than the average job across the board. Engineers, machinist, supervisors etc. are all underpaid and raises are low. Cannot keep good people when we lowball as the area is competitive.
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Woodward has an overall rating of 3.6 out of 5, based on over 623 reviews left anonymously by employees. 66% of employees would recommend working at Woodward to a friend and 49% have a positive outlook for the business. This rating has improved by 2% over the last 12 months.
66% of Woodward employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews. Employees also rated Woodward 3.4 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.4 for culture and values and 3.3 for career opportunities.
According to reviews on Glassdoor, employees commonly mention the pros of working at Woodward to be career development, coworkers, benefits and the cons to be senior leadership, culture, management.
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