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Horrible company - Anonymous employee Eaton Employee Review

1.0
Aug 20, 2025
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Overall, people are nice and friendly. Depending on the group you are in, your manager is generally supportive Global brand name, exposure to large-scale operations

Cons

• Promotions are a total mess. People get promoted or blocked from promotion without any clear guidelines or rationale. Career advancement seems to have nothing to do with merit; it feels arbitrary, political, and unfair. For those who genuinely want to grow here, it’s demoralizing to see effort and performance ignored. This could easily be improved if leadership actively communicated and set transparent expectations. • Massive changes are announced last minute, often same-day via email, with notices deliberately timed at inconvenient hours that catch employees off guard. It feels careless and disrespectful to the people who have to absorb the impact. • The company is extremely bureaucratic — endless layers of approval make even the simplest tasks painfully slow, creating frustration and killing any sense of agility or progress. Communication is almost non-existent. Employees are left in the dark, treated as though their time and input don’t matter. The lack of respect is palpable, and it makes the culture heavy and demotivating.

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Eaton Response
10mo
Thank you for sharing your experience. We're sorry to hear that you're dissatisfied with communication and our career advancement opportunities. Please feel free to reach out to our ethics line to discuss your concerns in more detail. Your input is crucial as we work to enhance our practices.

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5.0
Jul 14, 2026
Senior quality engineer
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Good people, interesting work, lots of free food

Cons

No bonuses, underpaid for the level of work we do

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Eaton Response
1w
Thank you for sharing your experience and for the many years you spent with Eaton. We're glad to hear you enjoyed working with great colleagues and found the work interesting. We're sorry to hear that you feel our compensation was not up to par. We evaluate each role annually against industry standards to ensure a competitive and fair package.
3.0
Jul 26, 2026
Quality manager
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Q & CI are supported overall from the top. Quality Management Systems and procedures are embedded in the company culture...across all of Eaton. No matter what site or city you go to, it is overall the same QMS. Roles and processes are standardized, people know where to find their standard work and understand the processes...although not always followed. Overall support of iERGs is good. A lot of people stay for their entire career, so longevity can be a pro, but a con as well. Company recognition is good overall.

Cons

Low pay. Good ol' boy network for promotions. Slow to promote. Calibration process for annual performance ratings is a bit questionable at times. Company culture drastically changed over the years as LDPs (Leadership Development Participants...a rotational program) started being promoted too quickly without the maturity, wisdom and experience needed for the roles. Lack of diversity at local sites, although corporate level roles were very diverse.

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