Cummins reviews

4.0

78% would recommend to a friend

(7,039 total reviews)
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84% approve of CEO

70% positive business outlook

Cummins has an employee rating of 4.0 out of 5 stars, based on 7,039 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Cummins employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Manufacturing industry (3.5 stars).

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2.0
Mar 2, 2014

Takes advantage of their people

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Pros

Flexible schedule (sometimes); cafeteria and medical staff on site; good health benefits

Cons

I was on a team with several young engineers who were in the US on work visas. Because they tend to be single and new, they are easily "inspired" to work 65+ hours a week. This was used against my coworkers who limited their work hours due to family obligations. Also, the 360 Review process and the 5-90-5% approach is outdated. [That's where you give your top 5% of people a nice raise, 90% a standard cost-of-living increase, and 5% are ushered out the door. It is based on the belief that you keep the cream of the crop and eliminate the chaff. The problem with this is that someone HAS to get axed and it's almost always support staff who are perfectly competent workers.) Compensation is low compared to other people in my position. Management in my area played favorites.

2.0
Nov 6, 2013

a company going downhill

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Pros

the engine division is still profitable and stays ahead of competition. very diverse in product portfolio and markets served. senior leadership knows how to make balance sheet pretty to please wall st.

Cons

red tapes everywhere. bureaucracy. large group of mediocre or even incompetent middle management. efficiency can double if you fire half of them. relatively lower pay compared to industry average. sneaky and powerful human resource department makes you wonder who is really running the company.

2.0
Sep 5, 2013

Good pay, good training but not middle management friendly

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Pros

Good pay, good training, great safety culture they truly expect all employees to be safe and they empower the employees to stop work if a situation is unsafe.

Cons

Management above the branch level is heavy handed and do not allow any of the lower managers (the ones actually on the front lines) to make any decisions regarding the business. I was a supervisor for field technicians and was let go for being rude to employee's. In my experience when an employee needs to be reminded over and over again how the company wants certain things done sometimes an honest and frank conversation needs to happen.

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