Great people, poor systems
Pros
-Co-workers are interesting and fun people, who build a relaxed and casual work environment. -Opportunities to work with suppliers and fellow Cummins employees from all over the world and build skills in the politics of engineering. -Young engineers are given the opportunity to run important projects, and many are interesting. -Generous severance package.
Cons
-Corporate systems are out-dated and clunky. Crashing business systems is a daily occurrence that interrupts and frustrates productivity and an employees ability to maintain deadlines. Efforts seem to be in place to address some of these things but the effectiveness has been underwhelming. -May seem like making a lot out of a little but remember you will spend 8 hours a day here. Offices for engineers at Jamestown Engine Plant are old, dirty, and depressing and HVAC/plumbing in the building is prone to make sudden loud annoying noises intermittently throughout the day, with no credible initiative from higher-ups to do anything about it. -Change process for print revisions etc, are painfully over-complex and slow mostly due to vestigial over-the-wall engineering practices still in place..
