Not really in control of their fate - Computer Programmer Emerson Employee Review

3.0
Dec 11, 2019
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Some of the nicest people you'll meet in your life. The team is a real team, the leaders know exactly what they're doing.

Cons

Marketing runs the company. That is the worst possible decision they could make. Marketing is about the now and the current - Emerson didn't get to where it is this way

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