Good place to work, but poor compensation. - Lead/Senior Test Design Engineer Emerson Employee Review

2.0
Jul 18, 2022
Recommend
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Pros

Very respectful of a 40 hour work week. No one wants you to burn yourself out. Progressive CEO who wants a modern work environment for employees, but this is hampered by some in management who would rather you be chained to your desk. Change is happening, but it's slow.

Cons

Chronically low pay when compared to similar positions at other companies. This has caused and continues to cause a large pool of talent to seek other opportunities. Company does not see this loss of experienced employees as a problem. It instead sees it as an opportunity to meet internal diversity goals.

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5.0
Jun 9, 2026
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Pros

Great work - life balance

Cons

limited growth opportunities unless willing to relocate

2.0
Jun 25, 2026
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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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