Interesting work; great benefits; bad management - Developer Molex Employee Review

3.0
May 11, 2019
Recommend
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Pros

The developers that I work with in engineering are great (it's the industrial automation team that I'm on). The work itself is quite interesting and I like the projects I get to work on. The part of Molex that I'm with has been around a really long time, so they have solid processes (which are maybe sometimes too big though, depending on what we're working on). The workplace benefits and perks are excellent, with generous pension and health coverage, and free snacks and drinks and frequent free lunches. Bonuses seem like they may be a little low (but Molex/Koch has a different way of dealing with bonuses).

Cons

The senior management and culture/balance is very poor here, and many on the team had to work a large number of extra hours for months because of poor planning and unrealistic schedules and expectations (and no bonus to make up for it!!). I don't know if the expectations are being set by the managers or the business people or they're just agreeing to what the customer says, but it's usually not realistic. The person running things in engineering always seems angry and stressed out and never seems happy with anything or anyone and always wants stuff done his way (as if he's always right and knows better than everyone else). To be honest, they are the worst manager that I've ever had to work for, and I think other people agree too. The engineering team manager left suddenly at the beginning of the year (I heard he wasn't happy with management either) and that's caused some problems too, as he was the one that was pleasant and easy to deal with. So the culture really isn't very good right now. There are some career growth opportunities here though, as they are growing the team quite a bit, but it's still a smallish group compared to a building with 100's of employees so it's kind of limited.

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5.0
Jun 8, 2026
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Pros

Molex is a great community. There are a wide variety of professional employees to network with. It is a very large company, but a small community.

Cons

Decisions from upper management, do not always trickle down through the organization. Not all of the departments follow the same guidelines. Case in point is remote working. different groups have different allowances. It is a small thing, but an area that could improve.

2.0
Jun 6, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Benefits are very good for a company this size

Cons

Team is run based on last minute requests and on a lot of meetings to join leaving little time for your usual work. Director likes to devise “innovative” ways to get sales to give more information but instead it translates to chaotic management and more stress for demand planners. There are a lot of stress placed on leads for not getting their teams to get to unrealistic goals with an unsupportive sales team. There are hardly any consistent reviews for employees but it’s not unusual for employees themselves in PIPs. Overall I would say it’s a chaotic management style in this team. Pay hits industry average but not much more. Additionally there is an overemphasis on being in the office in this company because they recently invested millions in renovations so they track your badge swipes. There are really no company wide events to get people more unified other than a quarterly CEO town hall that managers force everyone to attend.

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