Decent place to start, not a place for high performers - Anonymous employee Cummins Employee Review

3.0
Oct 21, 2013
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Good place to start Average starting salary Good opportunity for responsibility (this does NOT mean an elevation in rank though!) Good opportunity to move jobs within the same location Good opportunity to move jobs within the company or its subsidiaries

Cons

Low pay Very low increase in salary, 2-3% for average performers (ranked 2) and 5% for top performers (ranked 1). HR rules the roots and most managers do not have the stones to deal with HR Cummins in general has the tendency to be extremely conservative. They prefer having a VP do a Director's job, or a Director do a manager's job. This is NOT the place for quick promotions! Cummins is DEFINITELY not a meritocracy.

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Pros

You get paid for doing OT on weekends at the plant I work at now If you are in a shift that has less staffing you might earn more money on weekends as you will not have anyone to rotate with or less people to rotate with I am happy to have a manager who understands I have a lot of work pressure

Cons

If you are in a shift that has less staffing you will have a lot of work to do. For me the con is lots of work pressure in the shift I work. I think I do the work of atleast 2 people and sometimes even more. First shift will have people to rotate on weekends. Unfortunately 2nd shift doesn't have people to rotate with. We end up working every weekend but have same number of vacation days. People in 2nd can get there vacation days used up before other shifts. But still I would say its a good company considering I work in a manufacturing facility.

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