Business Development Director - Anonymous employee Emerson Employee Review

3.0
Mar 13, 2018
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

good large corporation education; good education for learning to sell up to management (although the tedium is extreme); this company is best for people who thrive in beaurocracy and politics

Cons

very much a boys club; lives quarter to quarter; rotates executives and despite potential upsides, the downsides are grim as the new execs typically don't understand the business they've dropped in to manage and this results in confusion, lost productivity and lost talent; executive bullying which drives more bullying throughout; not a company that values fun or humans

Explore other reviews about Emerson

5.0
Jun 9, 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Great work - life balance

Cons

limited growth opportunities unless willing to relocate

2.0
Jun 25, 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Great immediate supervisor and their boss. Made top-down communications tolerable. Great co-workers and great collaboration that lifted the entire team.

Cons

(1) RIF based on tenure, not performance. HR is too powerful a department, and everyone fears it. (2) Tenure made you lazy, killed creativity, initiative, and promoted a "yes" culture. (3) During COVID layoffs, CEO pay went from $3.7 million to $15.x million, while employees endured 25% furloughs for 3 months, and management 10% reduction in pay for 6 months - explain how that is reasonable. (4) CEO declared DEI as the way forward for career mobility, and a lot of young, promising talent walked out the door, including DEI-qualified minorities. (5) I was one of those minorities.

See reviews by: Helpful|Rating|Date|All