If you enjoy an environment of waiting to get laid off this is the place for you... - Anonymous employee Emerson Employee Review

1.0
Sep 23, 2012
Anonymous employee
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Pros

TheEmerson name looks good on your resume.

Cons

This Co is a sinking ship with good reason, The mismanagement from above is nothing short of jaw dropping, The place operates on fear - hanging over emplolyees heads they are "easily replaceable". The yearly layoffs at Christmas time are especailly heart warming. The favoritism at the upper managemnt level runs rampant and is ignored. CEO claims the Co. maybe for sale by year end which would be a good thing except no one would ever buy such a poorly run division.

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Cons

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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.

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