Great family company...struggling to balance employee autonomy with a centralized corporate strategy. - Sales Manager Danfoss Employee Review

4.0
Dec 26, 2013
Recommend
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Pros

Good mobility/career options. Good work/life balance. Great product back by consistent innovation and a strong brand name.

Cons

Recent move towards centralized marketing & distribution strategy (Refrigration Controls Division and Power Electronics Division) has demotivated entrapreneurial employees and managers by stripping them of autonomy, damaged existing customer relationships by closing direct accounts and cramped margins.

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Pros

Good work-life balance, decent PTO and benefits, friendly coworkers

Cons

Slow moving in central IT function, many decisions are made by committee, which slows the process way down. Compensation is below average. I have received promotions every 1-2 years for the last 5 years, but advancement in compensation has been very poor. At best it took 10 months to receive a 10% raise commensurate with my promotion. On the worse end, I received almost no salary increase despite my manager, their manager and their manager (our department head) approving the proposed raise.

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